Web resources
More about the history of Priscilla
http://www.visitsierraleone.org/bunce-island.asp
Once a British “slave castle” and fort on the Rice Coast of Africa,
Sierra Leone’s Bunce Island was used as a base by the captain of the
ship “Hare ” -- owned by brothers from Newport, R.I. -- which brought
Priscilla to America. It is now a national historic site under the protection
of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Tourism and Monuments and Relics Commission.
http://www.charlestonmag.com/feature2.html
From Charlestown magazine: ”Long Journey Home” tells the story
of Yale anthropologist Joseph Opala and his uncovering of the history of Bunce
Island and its links with Charleston, S.C.
http://www.visitsierraleone.org/BunceIslandHistory.pdf
A summary of the history of Bunce Island by Yale anthropologist Joseph Opala.
http://burrowsweb.com/ribs/priscilla.html
Rhode Island Black Storytellers describe “Project Priscilla,” their
community effort to help Thomalind Martin Polite of Charleston, S.C., a descendant
of the slave Priscilla, return to her ancestor’s home in Sierra Leone.
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/gullah.htm
From the Beaufort County (South Carolina) Public Library: A look at Gullah
language and culture, derived from Africans who came to the area in the 1800s.
More about Newport’s history
http://www.newporthistorical.com/
From The Newport Historical Society: Find a history of the port city, information
on the society’s collections – including its maritime and African-American
collections -- a list of surnames in its genealogical collections and more.
http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/col165.html
From the Winterthur Garden, Library and Museum: An aid to records about the
Vernon family of Newport, including brothers Samuel and William, who were active
in the triangle trade and owned the ship “Hare.”
http://www.eyesofglory.com/
Eyes of Glory is the family story of Theresa and Keith Stokes of Newport, R.I.,
who believe that “the 200-year relationship between our extended Jewish
and Christian family of color formed a basis for American’s bold and ‘lively’ experiment.”
More on the history of slavery in America
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/index.html
Slavery and the Making of America: A four-part PBS series documents the history
of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end
in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Drawing
on a wealth of recent scholarship, it looks at slavery as an integral part
of a developing nation, challenging the long-held notion that slavery was
exclusively a Southern enterprise.
http://www.historychannel.com/blackhistory/?page=exhibits1
From The History Channel: A timeline of slavery in America, from the arrival
of 20 Africans in Virginia to the abolition of slavery in 1865.
