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“Of Portuguese Origin”: Litigating Identity and Citizenship among the “Little Races” in Nineteenth-Century America
Resource ID: 10325
Type: journal article, article
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- Melungeons, Mixed Ancestry Peoples, Origin Theory, Populations, Race+Ethnicity, Identity
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2007
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