I created this topic in my English Language tutor forums. I don’t know if any of my readers will be interested but the accents in here are pretty diverse and retain elements of Early Modern English brought by settlers to the Americans. Don’t know if you are interested, but here you go! It is interesting nonetheless.

There are a few small places and accents which appear to remain untouched from their Early Modern pronounciations. To get a glimpse of the Elizabethan accent, it is pretty strong in Tangier, VA, U.S.A. It is said that these accents are closer to Elizabethan English than modern British accents.

The Tangier Accent is what linguists say is closest to Elizabethan English, the accent has largely remained untouched since Elizabethan times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZgw09CG9E

Alpachian English; many theories are that this is remnant of Elizabethan English as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iwAY4KlIU&feature=related

NewFoundland English has a distinct accent that retains the old speech patterns from Britain, I think at times it sounds Australian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8rIbitJAbQ

Two Old Brahmin accents, British pronounciations on some words, their pronounciations are dying out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfR4DLXYpCw

Origins of African-American English and how it comes from many African accents mixed with English, there is a distinct dialect present:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuWSJI87r8&feature=related

Further information http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2501/has-the-tangier-island-accent-truly-remained-unchanged-since-the-elizabethan-per

Futher accents that are said to resemble British accents are those in Canada such as Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island Accents and New Bruinswick accents, that are said to be heavily influenced by Scottish English rather than their neighbours America. I think some call this Maritimer accents.