Complex sentence: Davies also spent his time in Virginia pioneering the literacy of the colony's slave population, and while he was not opposed to slavery, he felt that slaves were as equally deserving of direct access to the word of God as their masters.
Split into simpler sentences: Davies also spent his time in Virginia pioneering the literacy of the colony's slave population. Although he was not opposed to slavery, he felt that slaves were as equally deserving of direct access to the word of God as their masters.