8 Results for tag "Religion"

• Hands-on: Daily Life

  Participate in the daily activities of an 18th-century family at the Geddy House.

• Performance: Good Progress

  Meet Mrs. Wager, teacher of the Williamsburg Bray School, as she debates the nature of her school with Elizabeth DeRosario, a free Black woman.

• Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

  Meet people of the past for some informal conversation or activity.

• Performance: Visit with Reverend Gowan Pamphlet

  Step into the past with Gowan Pamphlet, revolutionary Black Baptist preacher. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Performance: All Things Are Possible

  On September 5, 1791, Robert Carter III recorded an extraordinary document. Why did the largest slaveholder in Virginia do what most of his peers consider impossible?

• Special Event: Thanksgiving Proclamation

  Hear from President Washington on the 235th anniversary of this day of Thanksgiving.

• Performance: God is My Rock

  Gowan Pamphlet, an enslaved man and popular local preacher, offers his perspective on slavery, religion, and freedom.

• First Baptist Church Excavation Project

  Join us as we excavate the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg—the country's first church for free and enslaved worshippers. Learn more about our findings.