JIM GIFFORD — The Melungeons: An Appalachian Mystery
Americans are fascinated with unsolved historical mysteries. Today, for example, many thousands are trying to find out more about the Melungeons. The Melungeons are both a regional and a national mystery. Historically, they were mountain people, but they were dark-skinned and did not resemble their Appalachian neighbors of Anglo-Saxon, Scotch-Irish or even German descent. They resembled Indians in some ways, but they had other physical characteristics that suggested a mixture of many races. Many had black hair, blue eyes and Mediterranean features, but others, like Deutsia Huntoon, the fair h...
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