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"Mystery of Va.'s First Slaves Unlocked" (Wash. Post)
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Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:57:34 -0400
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Dear colleagues:

A front page article in today's Washington Post discloses fascinating
and important new information about the first Africans brought to
Virginia, the famous 1619 group from the "Dutch man of Warr."

I am sorely tempted to copy and paste the article to the list, but I am
fairly sure that would violate copyright.   Please, though, don't miss
the chance to read it for yourself, at

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/02/
AR2006090201097.html

You can see the text of the slender Virginian record of this event at
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?
collId=mtj8&fileName=mtj8pagevc03.db&recNum=266

May the forthcoming Jamestown celebration bring us more such
revelations!

--Jurretta J. Heckscher

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