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