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 nation’s founding. Flora stayed in the Portsmouth area, operating ...

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 ...

Many students of American history know that the Revolutionary ... appointment in 1771 of the Scot John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore, as governor. He became a slave owner, prosecuted “Lord Dunmore’s ...

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 ...