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Product Identifiers
PublisherMercer University Press
ISBN-100865548617
ISBN-139780865548619
eBay Product ID (ePID)30880261
Product Key Features
Number of Pages186 Pages
Publication NameMelungeons: the Last Lost Tribe: the Last Lost Tribe in America (P245/Mrc)
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social
TypeTextbook
AuthorNot Available
Subject AreaSocial Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-014593
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal975/.0040509
SynopsisMost of us probably think of America as being settled by British, Protestant colonists who fought the Indians, tamed the wilderness, and brought "democracy"-or at least a representative republic-to North America. To the contrary, Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman's research indicates the earliest settlers were of Mediterranean extraction, and of a Jewish or Muslim religious persuasion. Sometimes called "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. In fact, over time, many of the Melungeons themselves "forgot" where they came from. Hence, today, the Melungeons remain the "last lost tribe in America," even to themselves. Yet, Hirschman, supported by DNA testing, genealogies, and a variety of historical documents, suggests that the Melungeons included such notable early Americans as Daniel Boone, John Sevier, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Andrew Jackson. Once lost, but now, forgotten no more.
LC Classification NumberE184.M44H57 2004
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Melungeon Research Must Have!!
This book is a fantastic read and pairs great with N. Brent Kennedy's work to bring the Melungeon community out of the shadows.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
