Historical Genomics Lab
Media Coverage
Research Highlights:
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2023 The Washington Post, “36 bodies were found in unmarked colonial graves. DNA is revealing their stories”, January 9.
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2023 The Washington Post, “Lost graves reveal story of African American church in Williamsburg”, April 6.
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2019 Forbes Magazine, “DNA Analysis from Colonial Delaware Skeletons Reveals Beginnings of American Slave Trade”. December 19.
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2019 National Geographic Magazine, “Digging for the life stories of long-forgotten slaves”. December 11.
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2017 The Washington Post, “An archaeological dig unearths one of the earliest slave remains in Delaware.” December 5.
Interviews:
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2023 The Associate Press via The Washington Post, “36 bodies were found in unmarked colonial graves. DNA is revealing their stories”, January 9.
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2023 WHYY Philadelphia, “ChatGPT in School, Taco Tuesday Lawsuit, Delaware’s Earliest Residents”. Radio Segment. September 6.
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2021 WHYY’s You Oughta Know, Archeological Discovery at Avery's Rest. Television Segment. March 2.
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2021 The Saving Delaware History Podcast, Avery's Rest: The 17th Century Chesapeake Ancestry Project. Podcast Interview. January 1.
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2020 Delaware Archaeological Society, Digging Delaware Interview Series. August 3.
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2019 ABC 4 News, Interview on DNA Research at the Anson Street Burial Ground. Charleston SC. May 6.
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2019 College of Charleston, African American Studies Program Port of Entry Podcast, “DNA Doesn’t Lie”.
Research Project Coverage (Selected):
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2023 USA Today, “Rewriting colonial history: DNA from Delaware graves tells unexpected story of pioneer life”. September 3.
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2023 Delaware Online, “Discoveries from Rehoboth Beach area site reshapes Delaware's history”, September 1.
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2023 UConn Today, “DNA Study of Remains at Delaware Site Finds Kinship Among European Settlers, African Slaves”, August 2.
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2023 The Washington Post, “36 bodies were found in unmarked colonial graves. DNA is revealing their stories”, January 9.
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2023 Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, “Analysis Ties Remains at Historic Site to the First Baptist Church Community”, April 7.
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2023 The Washington Post, “Lost graves reveal story of African American church in Williamsburg”, April 6.
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2023 The Associated Press, “Their stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them”, March 28.
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2023 Penn Today, “Whole-genome analysis offers clarity about remains of 36 enslaved Africans in 18th-century Charleston”, January 24.
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2022 The Charleston City Paper, “Charleston leaders announce plans for Anson Burial Memorial”, October 12.
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2022 The Washington Post, “In graves of a lost Black cemetery, hope for links to family history”, October 5.
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2022 The Virginia Gazette, “Samples in hand, long process of learning about Williamsburg’s First Baptist graves begins”, August 6.
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2022 CNN, “Colonial Williamsburg tells the story of early American settlers. But in 1956 it paved over Black history to make a parking lot”, August 7.
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2022 The Post and Courtier, “DNA studies of the Gaillard gravesite remains reveal compelling new information”. May 6.
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2022 The Virginia Gazette, “First Baptist Church descendants opt to open 3 graves; work soon to begin on uncovering”. March 16.
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2021 The Virginia Gazette, “First Baptist Church descendants meet with experts, discuss future of historic burials found at dig site”. November 8.
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2020 Penn Today, “Uncovered burial ground reveals history of 36 enslaved Africans in 18th-century Charleston.” October 20.
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2020 The Catholic Virginian, “Discoveries could aid in discovering development of Church in Norfolk.” June 10th.
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2019 The Post and Courtier, “Tears and celebration mark Charleston reburial of skeletal remains of 36 people”. May 4th.
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2019 ABC 4 News, “DNA reveals long history of African-Americans found in downtown Charleston”. May 5th.
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2019 News Channel 2, “DNA Research of African Remains Found at Gaillard Center to be revealed Wednesday”. February 27.
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2018 The Post and Courier, “Thanks to DNA research, 80 Charlestonians of African descent may learn more about their roots”. August 1.
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2018 Charleston City Paper, “Gullah Society hosts DNA workshop this Saturday as part of Anson Street Burials project”. May 16.