Avery’s Rest - A Look into the DNA Investigations
Channel: DelawareHistory
Date: 2020-09-28

This video describes research into early colonial life on the frontier of Delaware and the discovery of the earliest known remains of enslaved people in Delaware.

In her introduction to the video, Fleskes noted that the goal of the Avery’s Rest research was to illuminate the ancestry and relationships of early settlers living on the Delaware frontier in the 17th century. This research is important in understanding the early colonial history of European and African persons in Delaware.