melungeon

melungeon

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1. One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of Tennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of early intermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina the Croatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized as distinct. Source: webster
2. One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts ofTennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of earlyintermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina theCroatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony ofCroatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized asdistinct. Source: adambom

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