Members of the list may be interested in this sketch of a man enslaved by William and Mary:
https://blog.oup.com/2022/03/a-life-documented-winkfield-an-enslaved-man-in-colonial-virginia/
The formal entry for the African American National Biography is at:
https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-79375
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Terry L.. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus, The College of William and Mary, in Virginia, Williamsburg 23187
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