One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their religion to the ...

America 250 celebration with Morgan Magnuson, colonial reenactor. When: 10 a.m. Friday, then every third Friday of 2026.

Part I. Race and colonization. 1. Indian children in early Mexico / Dorothy Tanck de Estrada -- 2. Colonizing childhood: religion, gender, and Indian children in southern New England, 1600-1720 / R.

On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge, ...

I. Religious motives in American colonization. Hakluyt's discourse on western planting. The crusade against Catholicism. Contributions of the German reformation. English religious minorities.

One of the oldest known pieces of colonial American silver is now a part of the impressive and still growing silver collection of Colonial Williamsburg. The newly acquired caudle cup — crafted in ...

With 2026 bringing the 250th anniversary of the United States, will we see a revival of interest in colonial American furniture? It’s happened with previous anniversaries. The Centennial celebration ...