The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People : an Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in AmericaMercer University Press, 1994 - 156 páginas "As early as 1654, English and French explorers in the southern Appalachians reported seeing dark-skinned, brown- and blue-eyed, and European-featured people speaking broken Elizabethan English, living in cabins, tilling the land, smelting silver, practicing Christianity, and, most perplexing of all, claiming to be Portyghee. Declared free persons of color in the late 1700s by the English and Scottish-Irish immigrants, the Melungeons, as they were known, were driven off their lands and denied voting rights, education, and the right to judicial process. The law was enforced mercilessly and sometimes violently in the resoundingly successful effort to totally disenfranchise these earliest American settlers."--[4]. |
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The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People : an Untold Story of ... N. Brent Kennedy,Robyn Vaughan Kennedy Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |
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Adkins African American ancestors Appalachians apparently Arab arrived Bennett Berber Black Brent Kennedy brother called centuries certainly Cherokee claimed Colley Collins Colony color County cultural dark daughter descendants early English ethnic event evidence fact father finally followed four French geons given Guineas Hall heritage historians Hopkins human Iberian included Indian interesting island Jane John Kentucky King known land late later least Line lived look lost Louisa Lumbees married Mary Mediterranean Melun Melungeon mixed Moorish Moors mother Mountain moved Mullins mystery Nancy Hopkins Nash Native Americans never North Carolina origin Osborne perhaps person Polly population Portugal Portuguese possible Powers Powhatan present Press probably records Rexie Roberson Santa Elena seemed serve settlers Short simply South Spain Spanish story surnames Taylor Tennessee term theory truth University Virginia West White wife William Wise World