As tensions grew between American colonists and the British crown, the strategic importance of the largest, wealthiest colony became clear.

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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia judge determined embryos are not property that can be divided up, rejecting a ...

Edmonia G. Highgate lived only 26 years, but she lived long enough to have a remarkable impact on the education of Black ...

A United Nations judge who forced a young woman to work as her slave told police “I even have immunity”, as they arrested her at her home, bodycam footage shows. Lydia Mugambe, 49, was found to have ...

Lydia Mugambe, 49, took advantage of her status over her victim in the ‘most egregious way’, prosecutors said.

A rural United Conservative Party backbencher kicked out of caucus for threatening to vote against the Alberta government's ...

Five years after the first COVID case hit Virginia, Richmond-area residents are speaking about their experiences in dealing ...

And so, to the best of history’s knowledge, “Box” Brown was the only person who was ever shipped out of slavery. Holy Cow!

The Patriots defeated the Rams, 64-61, on Friday to secure their first state title game appearance in program history. “I just felt so relieved that we finally are getting to play the championship,” ...

While on an artists’ retreat at a former slave plantation, our columnist Eirinie Carson muses on history’s worst moments – ...

Crispus Attucks is shot and killed by British soldiers becoming the first American to die in the struggle for American Independence from England. Attucks was an escaped slave who became a sailor and ...