Notables and Quotables
This formerly enslaved man led the effort to have the 1st Baptist Church congregation recognized by the Dover Baptist Association in 1793
Gowan Pamphlet
This was one of the main African-American business districts in twentieth-century Williamsburg
the Triangle
This organization was the first historic preservation organization in Virginia
APVA/Preservation Virginia
Though not a “home,” this “house” burned down in the seventeenth century
Statehouse/Jamestown Statehouse
In archaeological terms, this is “any object made or used by people.”
Artifact
A group of individuals of African descent first arrived in Virginia in this year
1619
These three brothers were influential Black politicians in Williamsburg and Yorktown after the Civil War
the Norton brothers
This is the process that helped create and maintain residential segregation in the United States
redlining
The process of renovating and creating “Colonial” Williamsburg was known as this
the Restoration
Two living spaces made their appearance in Virginia homes in the early eighteenth century. Name one
Central Passage/Dining Room
These are invaluable sources for learning what people had in their homes when they died
Probate inventories
The Palisade at Middle Plantation was constructed in this year
1634
This man was the first enslaved person to be identified by the project that bears his name at William & Mary
Lemon
This neighborhood in Williamsburg was specifically for William & Mary professors and other white people displaced during the creation of Colonial Williamsburg
Chandler Court or Pollard Park
In the process of “preserving” the Historic Area, Colonial Williamsburg tore down any structures built after this date
1790
The structure we saw at Highland wasn’t James Monroe’s house, it served this purpose
a guesthouse
Name one of the items that symbolized power and authority in a colonial court
chair, footstool, cushions, coat of arms
The Confederate Monument in Williamsburg was removed from Bicentennial Park in this year
2020
He owned a “Cheap Store” on Duke of Gloucester Street where Williamsburg’s white and Black residents gathered
Samuel Harris
This archaeological site yielded information about the African American community in 20th century Williamsburg as well as 18th century Williamsburg
the Ravenscroft site
Maria DeBenigno described James Monroe’s Highland as this kind of “creature” because there are so many buildings from different periods
Frankenstein
This family with diverse views on natural rights, slavery, and emancipation maintained a home in Williamsburg through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Tucker
In the late seventeenth century, some Native men wore these as signs they were authorized to enter English settlements
striped coats
W.A.R. Goodwin and John D. Rockefeller’s official planning for Colonial Williamsburg began in this year
1926
She was not allowed to testify in the murder trial of George Wythe’s nephew
Lydia Broadnax
An affordable housing building for senior citizens in Williamsburg is named after this man, a pillar of the twentieth-century African-American community
Dr. J. Blaine Blayton
The oldest part of William & Mary is known as this
Historic Campus
Members of this Williamsburg-area free Black family had homes in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and Canada
The Dipper Family
Archaeologists have found this decorative element at the site of the First Baptist Church
stained glass
Nat Turner launched the “most deadly slave revolt in the history of the United States” in this year
1831