During the 17th century, indentured servants constituted three-quarters of all European immigrants to the Chesapeake region.

Historians said the materials taken from the cellar could supplement the sketchy knowledge they have of slave life on other plantations in the Chesapeake region.

Twentieth-century composers in the Chesapeake region: A bio-bibliography and guide to library holdings.

The first waves should be taking off from the northern tundra about now and arriving in the Chesapeake region next week.

In 1700, there were about 9,600 slaves in the Chesapeake region and a few hundred in the Carolinas.

The Chesapeake region has roots extending back to Virginia's colonial past.

Several movie theaters in the Chesapeake region offer it in the condiment section.

As money-making crops like tobacco sparked the growth of large-scale commercial agriculture, the "plantation generations" began to emerge in the Chesapeake region.

The largest social class in the south and Chesapeake regions were the merchants, vendors and small farmers of the colonies.

We learn that pork took off in the Chesapeake region because the marshland limited grazing and produced stringy beef.