Ancestors and Enemies: Essays on Melungeons

Description: As the twentieth century drew to an end and the millennium approached, a new ethnic category was invented in the South. The Melungeons were born thrashing and squawling into the American consciousness. They were a tri-racial clan hidden away in the hills and hollers of Lower Appalachia with a genetic predisposition to six fingers and Mediterranean diseases and an unsavory reputation for moonshining, counterfeiting and secret cults. DNA studies showed they were probably descended from Portuguese colonists and had connections with Jews, Muslims, Africans, Native Americans and Romani (Gypsies). Were they the country's oldest indige ... (more)

Manufacturer: Panther's Lodge
Release date: 18 October 2013
ISBN-10 : 0615906893 | ISBN-13: 9780615906898

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