Colonial Virginia Primary Sources
Historical documents. What clues can you gather about the time, place, players, and culture?
Early Slavery Laws
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The texts of several Virginia laws pertaining to servitude and slavery are available at this site.
New Light Sermons
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Several sermons by Samuel Davies, the New Light Presbyterian minister who brought the First Great Awakening to the South, are available here.
Virginia Runaways
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Runaway slave ads that ran compiled from 18th-century Virginia newspapers are available at this site hosted by the University of Virginia.