Born in Connecticut, Lemuel Haynes was first an indentured servant, then a soldier in the Continental Army, and, in 1785, an ordained congregational minister. Haynes's writings constitute the fullest
The essays in this collection offer new evidence and new conclusions on topics in the history of African Americans in Virginia such as the demography of early slave imports, the means used to regulate
Ten American academics, researchers, and independent scholars--all participants in the James Bradford Ames Fellowship Program at the U. of Massachusetts over the past ten years--contribute ten chapter
