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We hold these truths
Hear the words that started a war, read by Thomas Jefferson interpreter Bill Barker. Episode one of July's Revolutionary Documents series. June 30, 2008
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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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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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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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Emily James interprets spirited women
Jamaican-born Emily James has interpreted at least 16 different 18th-century women who learned how to survive lives of enslavement. February 27, 2006
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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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Debating the Bill of Rights
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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
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