5 Results for tag "Religion"

• Hands-on: Daily Life

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

• Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

  Find people of the past near for some informal conversation or activity.

• 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?

• 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.