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#233571 in Books N Brent Kennedy 1996-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.96 x .48 x 5.97l; .60 #File Name: 0865545162180 pagesThe Melungeons The Resurrection of a Proud People An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Methodically-Researched and Well-WrittenBy Elle ZeidSomewhere in the deepest region of my consciousness; the word “Melungeon†vaguely held place; but it wasn’t until my recent reading of The Melungeons; The Resurrection of a Proud People; the excellent book written by N. Brent Kennedy with Robyn Vaughn Kennedy that this race of people formed distinctly in my mind. As defined by Kennedy; the Melungeons are “…a people of apparent Mediterranean descent who may have settled the Appalachian wilderness as early as 1567—forty years before Jamestown…a people who almost certainly intermarried with the Powhatans; Pamunkeys; Creeks; Catawbas; Yuchis; and Cherokees to form what some have called; perhaps a bit fancifully; ‘a new race’…a people who built cabins and tilled the land; and; at least by the late 1700s; were practicing Christians…a people who were; a century and a half later; crushed and scattered beneath the violent onslaught of unbridled Anglo jingoism.†Not only is the book a methodically researched and superbly written account of the Melungeon People; it is also an indictment of the Anglo conquerors of the New World; of their wholesale practice of ethnic cleansing of the indigenous populations; as well as of their Old World precursors to the New World whom had integrated peacefully with the natives. It is also a textbook of the true founding of America; one rather dissimilar to that penned in our history books. I discovered in Kennedy’s book so many clues to my own obscure ancestry; at least to what I reckon to be my ancestry; as well as the inspiration to delve into my roots as thoroughly as he did his; and as related in his mesmerizing book.If Ancestry.com isn’t doing it for you; buy this book! It just might be your pathway to the missing link in your pedigree. On the other hand; if you are hungry for a great mystery in history unearthed and responsibly revealed; The Melungeons; The Resurrection of a Proud People; authored by N. Brent Kennedy with Robyn Vaughn Kennedy; is for you.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy BonnieBlove it0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Richard S. KetchamVery well-written and informative book!
