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Origin Traditions of American Racial Isolates: A Case of Something Borrowed
Resource ID: 10324
Type: journal article, article
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- Melungeons, origin theory
- racial isolates, origin traditions
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author:
David Henige
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Spring 1984
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pp. 201-213
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