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Colonial Religion
Parts of The History of Virginia (1855) by colonial historian Robert Beverley; this work explores colonial and native religious practices.

Parts of The History of Virginia (1855) by colonial historian Robert Beverley; this work explores colonial and native religious practices.

Citation Information
Beverley, Robert, excerpts from “The history of Virginia, in four parts,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/891125144ff870cdf901a18bfe4372c2.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of University of Virginia via HathiTrust.

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Parts of The History of Virginia (1855) by colonial historian Robert Beverley; this work explores colonial and native religious practices.
A late-nineteenth-century photograph of Bruton Parish Church, operating since 1674 in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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An engraving of Jonathan Edwards, one of the leaders of the First Great Awakening.
An excerpt from Jonathan Edwards’s most famous New Light sermon, “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God.”
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