Brewing and Baking and Much, Much More
Frank Clark, supervisor of Historic Foodways and brewmaster, talks about preparing food according to colonial-era practices.
Frank Clark, supervisor of Historic Foodways and brewmaster, talks about preparing food according to colonial-era practices.
Harvey Bakari, manager of African American history interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the history of the African American interpretation program there, and the roles of African Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Rex Ellis, vice president of Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, traces the history and evolution of the interpretation of African American history in Colonial Williamsburg.
Ron Carnegie, an interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses his experiences portraying George Washington, and the research required to play the role.
Jay Gaynor, who runs the historic trades apprentice program at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the practice and learning of colonial-era trades, both in the past and in Colonial Williamsburg today.
Emily James, a Jamaican interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the roles she has played over the years, discussing the slave trade and the movement of slaves between the British West Indies and the North American colonies.
Kristen Spivey, a program manager in public history development at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the roles and rights of women in the colonies, looking at legal rights, fashion and dress, and participation in the trades.
Erik Goldstein, curator of mechanical arts and numismatics at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the arms display in Williamsburg's Governor's Palace, including the history of arms displays and of this display in particular, a recreation of that in the Palace in 1775.
Ron Carnegie, an interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, looks at the life of the historical figure he portrays: George Whitefield, an evangelical preacher who helped instigate the Great Awakening and found the Methodist faith.
John Turner, a manager of program development at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the place of religion in colonial society, looking at the Great Awakening, African American participation in religious institutions, and the different denominations represented in Williamsburg.