Historical Melungeons

"The legend of their history, which they carefully preserve, is this.
A great many years ago, these mountains were settled by a society of Portuguese Adventurers,
men and women, who came from the long-shore parts of Virginia, that they might be freed
from the restraints and drawbacks imposed on them by any form of government. These people
made themselves friendly with the Indians and freed, as they were from every kind of social government,
they uprooted all conventional forms of society and lived in a delightful Utopia of their own creation."
Newman's Ridge ~ 1848

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Parson Brownlow ~ Frederick Ross & The Malungeons
Defense of the Mountaineers - 1912
A Melungeon Love Story - 1906