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Blacks in Virginia A Note on the First Decade. Author(s): Alden T. Vaughan. Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1972), pp. 469-478. Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1923875 .

 

The Slave Preacher–Portrait of a Leader Author(s): Nancy Bullock Woolridge. Source: The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter, 1945), pp. 28-37. Published by: Journal of Negro EducationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2292771.

 

The Rise and Fall of Indentured Servitude in the Americas An Economic Analysis   Author(s): David W. Galenson. Source: The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 1-26. Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Economic History Association. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2120553

The Evolution of the Slave Status in American Democracy. Author(s): John M. Mecklin. Source: The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr., 1917), pp. 105-125. Published by: Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2713801

Slavery and Freedom The American Paradox. Author(s): Edmund S. Morgan. Source: The Journal of American History, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Jun., 1972), pp. 5-29. Published by: Organization of American Historians. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1888384

Some New Aspects of the Pro-Slavery Argument. Author(s): W. B. Hesseltine. Source: The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan., 1936), pp. 1-14. Published by: Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2714540

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