Interestingly, Mary Seacole's current 'discovery' is an example of the way history can be twisted and turned in more ways than you might think. I recently read a letter in a Nursing Journal from a Scottish nurse pointing out that Mary Seacole's father was Scottish - but now she is being interpreted purely as a black Jamaican! The Scottish nurse wanted her Scottishness to be acknowledged as well. It is an example of what worries you, frenchani some bits of history get forgotten to suit the agenda of the day.