History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia
History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia, published in 1860, is Charles Campbell's narrative of his state from the voyages of Raleigh to the Revolution. Working through the records then available, Campbell tells of John Smith and Jamestown, Pocahontas, the first assembly of 1619, the arrival of enslaved Africans the same year, tobacco, the massacre of 1622, the dissolution of the Virginia Company, the settlement of Maryland, Virginia under the English Civil War and the Commonwealth, Berkeley's long governorship and Bacon's rebellion, the colonial wars and the road to independence. He quotes his authorities freely and, following Bacon's maxim, leaves judgment to the reader. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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