The World They Made Together The book The World They Made Together by Mechal Sobel suggests that a cooperative relationship between Africans and British in seventeenth and eighteenth century Virginia influenced and molded both cultures’ perceptions and values as a united religious entity. Religion in seventeenth century Virginia changed dramatically due to the closeness of the Afro-American and lower class Virginian cultures. To expand on Sobel’s thesis, the Great Awakening of eighteenth century Virginia served as a catalyst to amalgamate the values and morals of these black and white cultures. Many similarities between the traditional African and British cultures existed prior