Thanks for this surprising and intriguing angle on Virginia's ethnic  
history.

In Europe, Roma people faced severe discrimination and persecution  
(and, in the case of Nazi Germany, attempted genocide) far into the  
twentieth century.  Perhaps they still do.  It is somewhat puzzling  
that more did not emigrate to North America.  But perhaps, as you  
suggest, their numbers in the colonies have been underestimated.

--Jurretta Heckscher

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