37 - The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover (1710)

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Alex, Grace, and Matt return with year 1710 in the diary of tobacco plantation master William Byrd II, a year marked by spooky mystical dreams, increasing attempts at escape from slaves, and Whig vs Tory political battle. Sources The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712, ed. Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling (Richmond: The Dietz Press, 1941) Linebaugh, Peter. 2006. The London hanged: crime and civil society in the eighteenth century. London: Verso.