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The Melungeons
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Author : Bonnie Sage Ball
language : en
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Release Date : 1992
The Melungeons written by Bonnie Sage Ball and has been published by The Overmountain Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
The author explores the theories surrounding the people called Melungeon, perhaps from the French word, "mélange," meaning a mixture.
Walking Toward The Sunset
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Author : Wayne Winkler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Walking Toward The Sunset written by Wayne Winkler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Walking toward the Sunset is a historical examination of the Melungeons, a mixed-race group predominantly in southern Appalachia. Author Wayne Winkler reviews theories about the Melungeons, compares the Melungeons with other mixed-race groups, and incorporates the latest scientific research to present a comprehensive portrait.In his telling portrait, Winkler examines the history of the Melungeons and the ongoing controversy surrounding their mysterious origins. Employing historical records, news reports over almost two centuries, and personal interviews, Winkler tells the fascinating story of a people who did not fit the rigid racial categories of American society. Along the way, Winkler recounts the legal and social restrictions suffered by Melungeons and other mixed-race groups, particularly Virginia's 1924 Racial Integrity Act, and he reviews the negative effects of nineteenth- and twentieth-century magazine and journal articles on these reclusive people. Walking toward the Sunset documents the changes in public and private attitudes toward the Melungeons, the current debates over "Melungeon" identity, and the recent genetic studies that have attempted to shed light on the subject. But most importantly, Winkler relates the lives of families who were outsiders in their own communities, who were shunned and shamed, but who created a better life for their children, descendants who are now reclaiming the heritage that was hidden from them for generations.
The Melungeons
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Author : Bonnie Sage Ball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
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The Melungeons
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Author : N. Brent Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: IET
Release Date : 1997
The Melungeons written by N. Brent Kennedy and has been published by IET this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The author explores the theories surrounding the people called Melungeon, perhaps from the French word, "mélange," meaning a mixture. Includes lists of common surnames for Melungeons, Brass Ankles, Carmel Indians, Cubans, Guineas, Lumbee/Croatan Indians, Pamunkey/Powhatan Indians, and Redbones.
The Melungeons
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Author : N. Brent Kennedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Melungeons written by N. Brent Kennedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
The author explores the theories surrounding the people called Melungeon, perhaps from the French word, "mélange," meaning a mixture. Includes lists of common surnames for Melungeons, Brass Ankles, Carmel Indians, Cubans, Guineas, Lumbee/Croatan Indians, Pamunkey/Powhatan Indians, and Redbones.
Melungeons
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Author : Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
language : en
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Release Date : 2005
Melungeons written by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and has been published by Mercer University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Most of us probably think of America as being settled by British, Protestant colonists who fought the Indians, tamed the wilderness, and brought "democracy"-or at least a representative republic-to North America. To the contrary, Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman's research indicates the earliest settlers were of Mediterranean extraction, and of a Jewish or Muslim religious persuasion. Sometimes called "Melungeons," these early settlers were among the earliest nonnative "Americans" to live in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. For fear of discrimination-since Muslims, Jews, "Indians," and other "persons of color" were often disenfranchised and abused-the Melungeons were reticent regarding their heritage. In fact, over time, many of the Melungeons themselves "forgot" where they came from. Hence, today, the Melungeons remain the "last lost tribe in America," even to themselves. Yet, Hirschman, supported by DNA testing, genealogies, and a variety of historical documents, suggests that the Melungeons included such notable early Americans as Daniel Boone, John Sevier, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Andrew Jackson. Once lost, but now, forgotten no more.
The Melungeons
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Author : Ann Reese
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
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Lest We Forget
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Author : Jim Callahan
language : en
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Release Date : 2000-11
Lest We Forget written by Jim Callahan and has been published by The Overmountain Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11 with History categories.
This is a history of the most well-known and studied group of Melungeons in the United States, the community in the Newman's Ridge area of Hancock County, Tennessee. The author is a descendant of the core group of Melungions from that community, related through his mother to the Mullins, Collins and Goings families.
Kinfolks
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Author : Lisa Alther
language : en
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Kinfolks written by Lisa Alther and has been published by Arcade Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this dazzling, hilarious memoir, best-selling author ofKinflicks Lisa Alther chronicles her search for the missing--oftenmysterious--branches of her family tree.Most of us grow up thinking we know who we are and where we come from. LisaAlther's mother hailed from New York, her father from Virginia, and everyday they reenacted the Civil War at home in East Tennessee. Then one nighta grizzled babysitter with brown teeth told Lisa about the Melungeons:six-fingered child-snatchers who hid in cliff caves outside town.Forgetting about these creepy kidnappers until she had a daughter of herown, Lisa learned that the Melungeons were actually a group of dark-skinnedpeople--some with extra thumbs--living in isolated pockets in the South.But who were they? Where did they come from? Were they the descendants ofSir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony, or of shipwrecked Portuguese or Turkishsailors? Or were they the children of European frontiersmen, Africanslaves, and Native Americans? Theories abounded, but no one seemed to knowfor sure.Learning that a cousin had had his extra thumbs removed, Lisa set out todiscover who these mysterious Melungeons really were and why hergrandmother wouldn't let her visit their Virginia relatives. Were thereMelungeons in the family tree? Lisa assembled a hoard of clues over theyears, but DNA testing finally offered answers.Part sidesplitting travelogue, part how--and how not--to climb your familytree, Kinfolks shimmers with wicked humor, illustrating just howwacky and wonderful our human family really is.