Becoming Melungeon: Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South

Appalachian legend describes a mysterious, multiethnic population of exotic, dark-skinned rogues called Melungeons who rejected the outside world and lived in the remote, rugged mountains in thefarthest corner of northeast Tennessee. The allegedly unknown origins of these Melungeons are part of what...

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Main Author: Schrift, Melissa
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2013
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/103
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