Oak Hill was part of a family empire that enslaved thousands of people across 45 plantations and farms in four states, ...

A Virginia cigarette, cigar and pipe tobacco company is getting a state incentive package to consolidate and expand operations in a new $14 million plant and distribution operation, creating 39 ...

Virginia has received over $122 million from major tobacco companies, Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on Tuesday. Major tobacco companies including Philip Morris USA Inc, R.J. Reynolds ...

The Virginia Company recruited more men and women, and in 1617, the first shipment of tobacco was sent to England.

A new report from the American Lung Association gives Virginia failing grades in four of five areas proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use and save lives. The report urges Virginia lawmakers to ...

Virginia's Powhatan Indians, threatened by the encroachments of tobacco planters ... despite the promise made by the Virginia Company to give a tract of land to each servant at the end of service.