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American History Commentary

John McNeer November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 1 Comment #americanhistory, #berkeleyhundred, #colonialvirginia, #firstthanksgiving, #georgewashington, #history, #pilgrim #berkeleyplantation, #sarahjosephahale, #thanksgiving, #ushistory, #virginia, #virginiahistory

The Real First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of America’s unique holidays. Over time our celebration has developed into a day dedicated to remembering our

American History Commentary

John McNeer September 25, 2019October 16, 2019 1 Comment #400thanniversary, #africanamerican, #americanhistory, #americanslavery, #anniversary, #colonialamerica, #colonialvirginia, #history, #newworld, #slavery, #slavetrade, #ushistory, #virginia, #virginiahistory, #westernhemisphere

The First Africans in Virginia and the Establishment of Slavery in America

400 Years ago the first Africans arrived in America. Recent research has revealed much about their status in early Colonial Virginia and background.

American History Commentary

John McNeer August 27, 2019February 23, 2020 3 Comments #1stamendment, #americanhistory, #blasphemy, #colonialamerican, #firstamendment, #freedomofreligion, #freedomofspeech, #history, #individualrights, #play, #rights, #theater, #ushistory, #virginia, #yebareandyecubb, #yebareandyecubbe, #yebeqarandyecub

The First American Play: Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe, Insights into Colonial Culture and Individual Rights

I found a curious item in researching daily events that is interesting in and of itself but also for what

American History Commentary

John McNeer March 23, 2018December 29, 2021 2 Comments #americanrevoluton, #colonialvirginia #colonialamerica, #foundingfathers, #freedom, #liberty, #libertyordeath, #patrickhenry, #speech, #virginia, American History, Commentary

March 23, 1775: A Call to Arms: “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”

The true story behind Patrick Henry’s 1775 “liberty or Death” Speech

American History Commentary

John McNeer March 2, 2018January 9, 2023 5 Comments #richmond, #virginia, American History, cavalry, Civil War, Commentary, Confederacy, Confederate, Dahlgren Papers, Dahlgren's Raid, Edwin Stanton, Federal, Jefferson Davs, John Dahlgren, Judson Kilpatrick, Overland Campaign, Richmond Virginia, River Road, Ulric Dahlgren, Union, Union Cavalry, US History, War Between the States

Dahlgren’s 1864 Raid on Richmond Generates an Ongoing Controversy

As 1864 dawned, the Confederacy found itself in dire straits. Robert E. Lee had lost the Battle of Gettysburg

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 20, 2018February 15, 2023 0 Comments #americanpolitics, #politics, #slavery, #virginia, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Boston, Civil War, Commentary, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation, fugitive slave, Fugitive Slave Act, Law, Massachusetts, Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, Shadrach Minkins, Stephen Douglass, US History

Black History Month: The Case of Shadrach Minkins and an Omen of Things to Come

The Fugitive Slave Act initiated the final steps towards the Civil War