New College of Florida studying artifacts from historic settlers of Angola

From Fox 13 Tampa Bay, March 20, 2021

BRADENTON, Fla. – Inside the public archeology lab at New College of Florida, research into Angola continues to take place.

“We pulled out of the ground over 35,000 pieces of things,” said Sherry Svekis.

“These are simple things but they help us understand the ways of life for these people,” said Dr. Uzi Baram.

From the 1770s to 1821, the marooned community of former enslaved Africans formed Angola. It was a settlement of nearly 700 near Manatee Mineral Springs. The site now sits off Bradenton’s Riverwalk.

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