Edith Cumbo was a rare individual in colonial Virginia: a free African woman. Learn about her life and her stature in this interview with Emily James.
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An Enduring Spirit
In Their Own Words
Old sources give fresh voice to slavery’s story. Manager of African American programs Tricia Brooks explains how we know what we know.
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A Slave's Perspective
The Declaration of Independence was a promise extended to white men only. Hope Smith portrays Eve, a slave in the Peyton Randolph house.
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Emily James interprets spirited women
Jamaican-born Emily James has interpreted at least 16 different 18th-century women who learned how to survive lives of enslavement.
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Recalling African American Interpretation
Rex Ellis reflects on 25 years of interpreting the African American experience in the colonial period.
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African American Interpretation
Harvey Bakari discusses the rich history of black Americans in Williamsburg.
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