Robert Beverley, Jr.

Robert Beverley, Jr.

Robert Beverley, Jr. (1673 – April 21 1722), an important historian of early colonial Virginia, was born in Virginia and died in King and Queen County, Virginia. He was also a substantial planter of the time as well as an official in the colonial government. He was a son of Major Robert Beverley, Sr. and Mary Keeble. His wife was Ursula Byrd, daughter of William Byrd I.

Beverley's "History and Present State of Virginia", published originally in London in 1705, is considered by many to be the most important and accurate history of early life in the Virginia colony. Concerning slavery, in a 1722 re-edition, Beverley says that whilst both black males and females were likely to work in fields, white women were not. [Peter Kolchin, "American Slavery",Penguin History, paperback edition, 51]

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