An Indigenous History of Bacon's Rebellion

Learn about Dr. Julie King’s recent archaeological work in the Dragon Swamp, which lies on the southern border of Middlesex Country.
 
Professor King’s talk will focus on the impact of Bacon’s Rebellion (1676-77) on Indigenous Tribes in the Middle Peninsula. The Rebellion, in which Nathaniel Bacon led frontiersmen, indentured servants, and enslaved people in an uprising against the colonial government of Governor William Berkeley, was in protest of what Bacon regarded as government failure to protect settlers from attacks by Native Americans. Bacon’s forces attacked both Jamestown and nearby Native Americans (though not the tribe that had recently attacked settlers). One of the local tribes, the Rappahannocks, fled to the Dragon Swamp to avoid Bacon’s troops. Professor King and a group of researchers have looked for signs of the presence of the Rappahannocks in the Swamp.

Please use link to register for lecture: https://www.tv-hs.org/programs  There is a $10 non-member fee collected at the door once you are registered. Seating begins at 1:30 pm. General admission.