Angela (enslaved woman)

In 1619, she was part of a group of 350 enslaved Africans who were sold to Manuel Mendes da Cunha, captain of the São João Bautista.

Three or four days later, the Treasurer arrived with a second group of enslaved people; some were put ashore before the ship fled, fearing arrest.

In 1622, local indigenous people attacked the colony and killed 347 of the inhabitants; Angela survived.

[1] The first archaeological investigation into parts of what has become known in the twenty-first century as 'The Angela Site' was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, many of whom were African American laborers.

[2] Between 2017 and 2019 archaeologists at Historic Jamestown investigated the site where Peirce's property lay, to reveal more about the kind of life that Angela and other early inhabitants may have lived.

[5] Four cowrie shells were excavated as part of the site assemblage and have been cautiously interpreted as connected to Angela.