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Episode 10: No Safe Harbor, Part 1

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The eastern half of the continental USA is dotted with places often described as "tri-racial isolate communities".

One of the largest such population groups can be found spread over Eastern Kentucky, the western parts of Virginia, East Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Widely known as "Melungeons", few Americans have been the subject of such intense scrutiny and curiosity.

Who are these people? Where did they come from?

Are they really a mix of Northern European settlers, African Americans, and indigenous peoples?

Or is there something more complicated and deeply hidden in Melungeon history?

  continue reading

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The eastern half of the continental USA is dotted with places often described as "tri-racial isolate communities".

One of the largest such population groups can be found spread over Eastern Kentucky, the western parts of Virginia, East Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Widely known as "Melungeons", few Americans have been the subject of such intense scrutiny and curiosity.

Who are these people? Where did they come from?

Are they really a mix of Northern European settlers, African Americans, and indigenous peoples?

Or is there something more complicated and deeply hidden in Melungeon history?

  continue reading

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