Colonial Virginia Images
Samuel Davies
Samuel Davies, influential Virginia clergyman.
Distinguishing Black from White
A tobacco label from the 18th century.
The Slave-Hunting Sage of Monticello
This runaway slave notice was placed by Thomas Jefferson in the Virginia Gazette in 1769.
New Light Baptist Beginnings
The Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Liberty, North Carolina. Built in 1755 by Shubal Stearns, this church was the center of the New Light or Separate Baptist movement that swept the South in the 25 years before the Revolution.