Mestees of South Carolina Melungeon The Americas Ethnicity

Mestee (old mixed race) groups in South Carolina, such as the Brass Ankles, Red Bones, Turks, and Smilings. Description, history, sociology, status and connections with other groups. Connected with each other and with the Melungeons and Lumbees by movement and intermarriage. Can be considered to be Melungeons of South Carolina, since Melungeon can be used for any group of people derived from old mixing of White, Black and Native American, especially if the mix includes some Mediterranean input. All these groups fit this description.

• Frontline: Locklear - This article on Heather Locklear\\'s Lumbee ancestry contains some references to the Mestees of South Carolina.
• Surviving Indian groups of the eastern United States - Article by William Harlen Gilbert Jr. in the melungeon Smithsonian Report melungeon for 1948. Information on many Mestee melungeon and Indian groups.
• The "Free Moors" of South Carolina - Includes image and transcript of the Journals of the House of Representatives.

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