<h1>Episode Notes</h1>
<p>This week in 1656... Slavery started in the Virginia Colony in 1619. Over the next decades, the question of WHO exactly was considered a slave was in flux. Was slavery determined by social status? Religion? Or by race?</p>
<p>Enter Elizabeth Key, the first enslaved woman in the colonies to sue for her freedom.</p>

Episode Notes This week in 1656... Slavery started in the Virginia Colony in 1619. Over the next decades, the question of WHO exactly was considered a slave was in flux. Was slavery determined by social status? Religion? Or by race? Enter Elizabeth Key, the first enslaved woman in the colonies to sue for her freedom.

Episode Notes
<p>This week in 1656... Slavery started in the Virginia Colony in 1619. Over the next decades, the question of WHO exactly was considered a slave was in flux. Was slavery determined by social status? Religion? Or by race?</p>
<p>Enter Elizabeth Key, the first enslaved woman in the colonies to sue for her freedom.</p>

Week of July 20: Elizabeth Key Grinstead won her freedom

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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Week of July 20: Elizabeth Key Grinstead won her freedom

Week of July 20: Elizabeth Key Grinstead won her freedom