“It's Not about Us": The Erasure of African American Heritage and the Rehistoricization of the First Africans on Jamestown Island, Virginia

This thesis explores the complex relationship between making African Diaspora history and culture visible at Historic Jamestowne, a setting that has historically been seen as "white". The four hundredth anniversary of the forced arrival of Africans in Virginia has created a fraught space t...

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Main Author: Reid, LaMarise C
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2019
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1593092071
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6942&context=etd