William Byrd
September 14th, 2015
1. Doc. 9. William Byrd was a member of Virginia’s elite planter class. How did his status color his observations of the Virginia back country?
2. Doc. 12: What did Richard Frethorne’s letters show about life for indentured servants in colonial Virginia? How would their life compare with the planters?
3. Doc. 11: Compare the two narratives of African enslavement. What might account for the differing portrayals of their experiences?