Very interesting, Doug -- thanks for posting this.
There is also an absolutely fascinating article in today's New York
Times on the discovery of a clay bundle associated with African
religious practices and dating from circa 1700-1720 in Annapolis,
Maryland:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/science/21arch.html?8dpc=&pagewanted=all
Of course, Maryland isn't Virginia -- but the two colonies shared so
much, economically and culturally, including the source regions for
their slaves, that this remarkable find has exciting implications for
early Virginia history as well.
-- Jurretta Heckscher
On Oct 20, 2008, at 9:55 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> For another interesting historical/genealogical piece, see Douglas
> Blackmon of the Wall Street Journal writing about (related) white
> and black McCains in 19th and 20th-century Mississippi:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942501.html?mod=article-outset-box
>
> Doug Deal
> History/SUNY Oswego
>
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