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African Americans
Biographical Fact Sheets:
Daily Life
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation--an early emancipation proclamation.
- Summary of Dunmore's Proclamation
- Dunmore's Proclamation: A Time to Choose
- Letter Regarding Dunmore's Proclamation
- Runaway Advertisements
- The Diary of Colonel Landon Carter
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Podcasts
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Mr. Wythe's Cook
Valarie Holmes interprets Lydia Broadnax - a cook for one of Williamsburg's most influential men. June 19, 2006
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The Slave Trade
The slave trade touched the lives of people around the globe, explains Colonial Williamsburg's Educational Program Development director Bill White. February 9, 2007
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Slavery and Manumission
The little-known process of manumission was a means of securing freedom for a handful of Virginia slaves. May 21, 2007
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A Slave's Perspective
The Declaration of Independence was a promise extended to white men only. Hope Smith portrays Eve, a slave in the Peyton Randolph house. July 16, 2007
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Recalling African American Interpretation
Rex Ellis reflects on 25 years of interpreting the African American experience in the colonial period. February 6, 2006
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In Their Own Words
Old sources give fresh voice to slavery's story. Manager of African American programs Tricia Brooks explains how we know what we know. May 18, 2009
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Journal articles
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Fighting... Maybe for Freedom, but probably not
Slaves and free blacks in the Revolutionary War
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Slave Conspiracies in Colonial Virginia
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Finding Slaves in Unexpected Places
Keeping Blacks in Bondage Was Not a Southern Monopoly
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"In Mind and Heart" with the Enslaved of Yesteryear
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Daily jigsaw puzzles
Historic Triangle
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