African Americans

Interior of the Pasteur & Galt Apothecary, January 12, 2021. After many years of wearing a blue/green paint color the interior was painted white in 2020 during CW's closure due to COVID-19.

Detail of antique jars and bottles on shelves in the Pasteur & Galt Apothecary, January 12, 2021. After many years of wearing a blue/green paint color the interior was painted white in 2020 during CW's closure due to COVID-19.

An open door at the Governor's Palace kitchen reveals shelves full of reproduction copper pots and pans.

Stock; Powell House Kitchen Garden; Digitalis

A silversmith looks out the window of the Golden Ball Silversmith Shop during the Christmas season.

Coachmen smile as they drive a coach on Duke of Gloucester Street.

Character interpreters portray Thomas Jefferson and Jupiter in the program "Jefferson and Jupiter: Across the Board," in the Raleigh Tavern. Program description: Over a game of chess Thomas Jefferson and his manservant, Jupiter, challenge and amuse each other. In this depiction of a private moment in the life of a very public figure, chess becomes a metaphor for the power dynamics present in the master/slave relationship.

Character interpreters portray Thomas Jefferson and Jupiter in the program "Jefferson and Jupiter: Across the Board," in the Raleigh Tavern. Program description: Over a game of chess Thomas Jefferson and his manservant, Jupiter, challenge and amuse each other. In this depiction of a private moment in the life of a very public figure, chess becomes a metaphor for the power dynamics present in the master/slave relationship.

Portrait of an historic trades silversmith.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "A Publick Education". Two young girls portray Bray School students. -- Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "A Publick Education". Two young girls portray Bray School students. -- Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

An interpreter performs in the program “His Chosen Master” in the Apollo Room at the Raleigh Tavern.

Two interpreters prepare root vegetables for soup and serve up pieces of a fresh baked pumpkin pie in the Great Hopes Plantation Kitchen.

An interpreter at work in the Historic Area in the spring.

A portrait of an interpreter who performs in the program “Journey to Redemption”on the Charlton Stage.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". Interpreters portray an enslaved couple on the second floor of the Benjamin Powell House. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". An interpreter portrays an enslaved woman holding her baby boy at Great Hopes Plantation. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette by a window in the Magazine. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette by a window in the Magazine. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette outside the Magazine. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette by a window in the Magazine. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette standing at a split rail fence. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder James Armistead Lafayette standing at a split rail fence. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

Interpreters work in a historic area kitchen on June 14, 2019. Here: intern Anna Alden (?)

Interpreters portray enslaved men and women discussing a reproduction copy of Dunmore's Proclamation in the Peyton Randolph kitchen. In November 1775 Virginia's royal governor, John Murray, 4th earl of Dunmore proclaimed Virginia to be in rebellion and placed the population under martial law. He also offered freedom to enslaved men and bonded servants who fought for the King.