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XIII
Anti-slavery Sentiments of Prominent Virginians
No account of Virginia's record in regard to slavery would be complete which failed to set forth the position of her foremost men with respect to the institution. From a mass of data we have selected the following declarations as fairly expressive of their sentiments. We have not recorded the views of Virginians, however worthy, who were not by birth, training and sympathies, representative of the dominant element of her people.
ANTI-SLAVERY SENTIMENTS PRIOR TO 1810