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Read The Virginia Gazette for breaking news covering Williamsburg, James City County and York, Virginia.
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News and information from The Virginia Gazette for Williamsburg, James City County and York, Virginia.
Read The Virginia Gazette for breaking news covering Williamsburg, James City County and York, Virginia.
News and information from The Virginia Gazette for Williamsburg, James City County and York, Virginia.
The Virginia Gazette was the official newspaper of Virginia, printed in Williamsburg from 1736 until 1780. When the capital of Virginia moved to Richmond in 1780, printers transferred their businesses to the new seat of government.
The Virginia Gazettes are one of our best windows onto slavery in early Virginia. Their “runaway” notices document the resistance of enslaved people fleeing bondage. Their pages also brim with advertisements seeking to buy, sell, or hire enslaved people.