Regarding reenactments involving slavery... One issue I don't think I've seen mentioned in the discussion yet: We also have to take into account that it is often a predominantly white audience. There is a great psychological/emotional difference between watching black actors on TV or in a movie portraying slaves and having them performing live in front of you. This certainly creates a completely different set of interactions between audience and interpreter, which will in part be affected by race relations today as much as race relations 200 years ago. Am I right in remembering that Colonial Williamsburg does its "How the Other Half Lived" tour in third person rather than first? Are there any sites that have African-American interpreters doing first-person characters who are slaves and who interact with visitors in that character? Ever since I heard the man who plays George Washington occasionally for Mt. Vernon try to explain why a particular "skit" did not work (it involved GW giving instructions to a slave who was one of his foremen), without once mentioning the issue of the race of the actors or the audience, I have been curious about this. Carolyn Brady ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ü~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [log in to unmask] ü "N.B. There will be very few MA Program in Public History ü Dates in this History." Indiana University at ü Indianapolis ü Jane Austen,_The History of England_ _______________________________ü________________________________________