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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.
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 .
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.
The U.S. Census' new question combining race and ethnicity will allow respondents to report one or multiple categories to indicate their racial and ethnic identity, according to the U.S. Census ...
Related ethnic groups Melungeon , Lumbee Indians , Beaver Creek Indians , Redbones of Louisiana and Texas 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 .
Academics researching the multi-racial Melungeon ethnic identity and other Native American groups in the southern United States found that "Black Irish" and "Black Dutch" were amongst a dozen myths about "dark" European ancestors used to disguise the African heritage of interracial children.
President Donald Trump is facing pressure from U.S. hospitals and generic drugmakers to exempt medical goods from his new tariffs on Chinese imports, as they join big pharma lobbyists who have ...