<h1>Episode Notes</h1>
<p>This week in 1790... The end of the American Revolution brought forth a freedom fervor, but slavery was heavily entrenched in Commonwealth. Plans for outright abolition fell flat. Enter Ferdinando Fairfax, one of the largest slaveholders in his county, who wrote and promoted a plan for gradual emancipation.</p>

Episode Notes This week in 1790... The end of the American Revolution brought forth a freedom fervor, but slavery was heavily entrenched in Commonwealth. Plans for outright abolition fell flat. Enter Ferdinando Fairfax, one of the largest slaveholders in his county, who wrote and promoted a plan for gradual emancipation.

Episode Notes
<p>This week in 1790... The end of the American Revolution brought forth a freedom fervor, but slavery was heavily entrenched in Commonwealth. Plans for outright abolition fell flat. Enter Ferdinando Fairfax, one of the largest slaveholders in his county, who wrote and promoted a plan for gradual emancipation.</p>

Week of Nov 30: Ferdinando Fairfax's emancipation plan

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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