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Commonwealth of Virginia | |
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| Capital | Richmond |
| Largest city | Virginia Beach |
| Area | |
• Total | 110,786 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 8,683,619 |
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the eastern United States. In the mid-19th century, it had 72 crimes punishable by death for slaves and only two for white men.[1]
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Early colonization[edit | edit source]
In 1585, Richard Grenville looted and burned an entire village after a native stole one silver cup.[2]
The English founded the settlement of Jamestown in the Powhatan confederacy in 1607. Some settlers left to join the Powhatans in order to avoid starvation during the winter of 1610. When Chief Wahunsenacawh refused to return the runaways in the summer, settlers attacked the natives and killed 15 or 16 people. In 1622, the Powhatans counterattacked and killed hundreds of settlers.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Were Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century England and America Liberal?' (pp. 102–103). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
- ↑ “About three weeks into the attempted colonization of the “New World,” the English committed the first atrocity against the natives at Aquascogoc. The town and the food supply were destroyed because of a missing silver cup. Word of the violence traveled to the various Algonquian communities and would not have been an encouraging omen for the Indians. The specific location of Aquascogoc has not been determined through archaeological investigation, but it is generally accepted to have been just southeast of modern-day Belhaven.”
"Aquascogoc (B-72)". North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Archived from the original. Retrieved 2026-07-17. - ↑ Howard Zinn (1980). A People's History of the United States: 'Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress' (pp. 18–19). [PDF] HarperCollins. ISBN 0060194480