In the mid-1980s, archaeologists excavating the garden at Bacon’s Castle, Virginia’s oldest standing house directly involved in Bacon’s Rebellion, made a surprising discovery.

Through surviving records such as with the ceramics of Sarah Drummond, we can see the fates of many other Virginians who joined Bacon’s Rebellion.

Watch the Interview with Ethan Brown on his piece “Mapping the Dragon” as it correlates to our event topic of Indigenous History regarding Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676.