Colony Quote by Brooks Robinson

What we've found is a whole new pattern of change that we hadn't thought of before. They changed their attitude toward the colony over…

— William M. Kelso

Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections,…

— John Sergeant Wise

Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost,…

— Henry Charles Carey

Virginia was in fact a landowning aristocracy, without nobility or merchant class, or any considerable small peasant farming class; and the other Southern colonies,…

— Carl L. Becker

“By the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Virginia elites had taken the best land for themselves, leaving the former indentured servants land poor…

— Annette Gordon-Reed

The story of our Commonwealth cannot be told without the history and experiences of Virginia's Native tribes.

— Ralph Northam

“With its emphasis on stability and Christian unity, colonial Virginia was not a receptive place for religious dissenters. Catholic clergy were banned, and in…

— Steven K. Green

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The history of colonisation cannot disappear.

— Claire Denis

Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

“Virginia lawmakers made slave patrols compulsory for non-slaveholding Whites; these groups of White citizens were charged with policing slaves, enforcing discipline, and guarding routes…

— Ibram X. Kendi

For much of its history, Virginia, the 'cradle of American democracy,' failed to live up to our ideals. All too often, our Commonwealth still…

— Ralph Northam