can you paste in the article; could not get to it through the link Paul Finkelman President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy Albany Law School 80 New Scotland Avenue Albany, New York 12208-3494 518-445-3386 [log in to unmask] >>> [log in to unmask] 09/03/06 5:57 PM >>> 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html