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Melungeon (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ n dʒ ən / mə-LUN-jən) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin [3]) was a slur [4] historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina primarily descended from free people of color and white settlers.
The Carmel Indians (pronounced Car'-mul) are a group of Melungeons who lived in Magoffin County, Kentucky and moved to Highland County, Ohio.Dr. Edward Price observed that the most common surnames among the families were Gibson, Nichols and Perkins.
Melungeons are one of numerous multiracial groups in the United States with origins wrapped in myth. The historical research of Paul Heinegg has documented that many of the Melungeon groups in the Upper South were descended from mixed-race people who were free in colonial Virginia and the result of unions between the Europeans and Africans.
Related ethnic groups Melungeon , Lumbee Indians , Beaver Creek Indians , Louisiana Creole people The Brass Ankles of South Carolina , also referred to as Croatan , lived in the swamp areas of Goose Creek, South Carolina and Holly Hill, South Carolina (Crane Pond) in order to escape the harshness of racism and the Indian Removal Act .
Black Dutch is a term with several different meanings in United States dialect and slang.It generally refers to racial, ethnic or cultural roots. Its meaning varies and such differences are contingent upon time and place.
Related ethnic groups Melungeons , Native Americans The Chestnut Ridge people (CRP) are a mixed-race community concentrated in an area northeast of Philippi , Barbour County , in north-central West Virginia , with smaller related communities in the adjacent counties of Harrison and Taylor .
President Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017, had an African father and an American mother of mostly European ancestry.
Related ethnic groups African Americans , Hispanic Americans , Latino Americans , Métis Americans , Louisiana Creoles , Hapas , Melungeons Multiracial Americans , also known as Mixed Americans , are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races .