Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe In America

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.

Author: Elizabeth Hirschman
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 11/22/2004
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.78h x 6.22w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9780865548619
ISBN10: 0865548617
BISAC Categories:
- History | Expeditions & Discoveries
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- History | North American

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