Paul,
My point is that my Native Ancestors kept some of their traditions, even 
though they adopted some white ways. The fact of who they married did not 
prevent them from appreciating their culture. I don't know why people marry 
who they marry, but my guess is that some marry for love and others for 
convenience.

Anita


>From: Paul Heinegg <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history         
>      <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Indian servants/slaves
>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:11:07 -0500
>
>A Nansemond Indian woman married John Bass in 1638. Their descendants lived 
>among the English in Norfolk County. Nansemond culture did not work in 
>those surroundings, so her descendants, and probably she as well, adopted 
>English ways. Why would that Nansemond Indian woman's culture have had a 
>stronger effect on her descendants than the more recent marriage in 1729 to 
>a free African American woman?
>
>If the family had maintained a strong Indian culture, why did they not 
>marry other Indians instead of light-skinned African Americans and whites?
>Paul

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