Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America

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Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America

Most 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, eyen 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 Yet, Hirschman, supported by DNA testing, genealogies; and a variety of historical documents, suggests that the Melungeons included such notable early Americans as Daniel Boone, John Sevier, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Andrew Jackson.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 forgotteno more.

Country	USA
Author	Elizabeth Hirschman
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780865548619
Edition	1St Edition
ISBN	0865548617
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Mercer University Press
Manufacturer	Mercer University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	186
PublicationDate	2006-03-29
Publisher	Mercer University Press
Studio	Mercer University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America

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