"[We must defend ourselves] against all Indians in generall, for that they were all Enemies." This was the unequivocal view of Nathaniel Bacon, a young, wealthy Englishman who had recently settled in ...

While placing lights at the front of Historic Jamestowne’s memorial church ahead of its 2019 reopening, Jamestown Rediscovery’s Senior Staff Archaeologist Sean Romo made an interesting discovery: burn ...

JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Rediscovery is looking back on the failed rebellion that led to the site’s burning nearly 350 years ago. To reflect the history of Bacon’s Rebellion, which peaked on Sept. 19, ...

NEAR CENTER CROSS, Va. — The brown waters of Dragon Run meander through shaggy banks of duckweed and arrow arum before melting into the forest. Insects clamor like city traffic. Noontime shadows are ...

Part 1: "The uproars of Virginia". Doegs! Doegs! ; The Susquehannocks' dilemma ; The governor and the rebel ; "I am in over shoes, I will be in over boots" ; Jamestown burning ; "The uproars of ...

USA TODAY Network Tennessee Columnist Cameron Smith is a Memphis-born, Brentwood-raised recovering political attorney raising three boys in Nolensville, Tennessee. There was a struggle between ...

Preface -- The rise of a democratic myth -- Background to rebellion -- The Occaneechee Campaign : May, 1676 -- The June assembly -- Virginia under Bacon : July-August, 1676 -- Berkeley regains control ...

James A. Bacon Jr., the Richmond-based founder of conservative political blog Bacon’s Rebellion, has been named executive director of The Jefferson Council, a University of Virginia alumni association ...