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Can You Name All the Different Types of Colonial-Style Homes?

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With their roomy size and eye-pleasing symmetry, Colonial-style homes remain one of the most enduring ...
The Grio

Germany’s president has apologized for colonial-era killings in Tanzania over a century ago

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president on Wednesday apologized for killings under colonial rule in Tanzania more than a century ago as he met descendants of an executed leader of a revolt against German ...
Yahoo

Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their religion to the ...
Time

Forget King Leopold’s Ghost. There Are Still Skeletons in His Closet

It would take a determined visitor to the Royal Museum for Central Africa to locate the life-sized likeness of one of history’s most brutal colonial rulers carved from ivory. The statue of Belgium‘s ...
WAVY-TV

Archaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in ...
WGBH

Springfield museum exhibit focuses on Colonial-era maps and the stories they tell — or don't tell

At the Springfield Museums in western Massachusetts, the most recent exhibit connected to an aspect of the region’s Native American culture is on display at the Wood Museum of Springfield History.
NJ.com

Miller-Cory House Museum to host program on Colonial Era toys and games

The Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield is offering an opportunity to experience what childhood was like in colonial times. On May 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. visitors can explore old-fashioned toys and ...
Brownstoner

Decorator William Payne and His Collection of Colonial-Era Lefferts Houses

Explorer Henry Hudson landed on Coney Island in 1609 and reported back to his Dutch employers that he sailed up a wide river and saw a beautiful and bountiful land. The Dutch West India Company traded ...
Star-News

From the archives: When Wilmington recreated a Colonial Williamsburg shopping village

Just a few years after the United States' Bicentennial, a group of shops emerged near Wilmington that harkened back to the country's history. According to the Sept. 29, 1979, Wilmington Morning Star, ...
Daily Herald

Archaeologists unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew ...
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Archaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners

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