Melungeon
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Melungeon was a slur historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina who were primarily descended from
Goins family, Melungeons from Graysville, Tennessee, c. 1920s
"A Typical Malungeon" (1890) by Will Allen Dromgoole
Lumbee
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The Lumbee, also known as People of the Dark Water, are a mixed-race people group of the Americas, some of whom comprise the federally recognized Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Primarily located in R
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…assimilated into the black population. Many groups have historically been referred to as Melungeon, including the Melungeons of Newman's Ridge, the Lumbee, the Chestnut Ridge people, and the Carmel Melungeons. Some modern researchers write that early Atlantic Creole slaves were one of the precursor…
Kelvin Sampson, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Angus Chavis, a Confederate volunteer in North Carolina at the age of 15
Preston Locklear with Rosetta Brooks, photographed in 1908.
The Croatan Normal School in Pembroke, N.C.