Articles with keyword "Colonial Era"
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Freedom Through Conversion
Conflict Endured during Colonial Period in Virginia over Morality of Christians Enslaving Other Christians
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The Public Historian
How Jill Lepore went from Harvard office temp to Harvard professor.
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Name-Dropping In Rhode Island
Familiarly known as the “Ocean State,” Rhode Island’s full official name includes “and Providence Plantations,” words the state legislature has resolved to drop.
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Mexic-Arte Museum
Cortez’s conquest of the Aztecs, the Seven Deadly Sins, and Mexican Independence are among the many themes of the masked dances of the Nahua Indians of central Mexico.
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First, Count to Ten...In Pescadora
Archaeologists from Harvard University’s Peabody Museum working in Peru have unearthed a piece of paper used in the early seventeenth century by a Spanish priest to conduct an interview and record num
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The First Dissenters
George Mason swore he would rather "chop off his right hand" than sign the Constitution.