How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

click image for close-up John Murray, the fourth earl of Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia at the start of the American Revolution, was simultaneously one of the most hated and most revered ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides ... The Governor of Virginia, whose royal title was Lord Dunmore, on the other hand, sought to disrupt ...

Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

This project is supported in part by a grant from the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission ... John Murray, known as Lord Dunmore, Fuss wrote. About a quarter-mile behind Flora were ...

Many students of American history know that ... fourth Earl of Dunmore, as governor. He became a slave owner, prosecuted “Lord Dunmore’s War” against the Shawnee and Mingo in the trans ...