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Subject: Re: [Melungeon]
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 22:39:47 EST
In a message dated 2/2/2003 10:22:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
> John T.,
>
> In my own opinion, I disagree with most of your issues. The Melungeons were
> "pinned" by Miss Dromgoole's narrow thoughts and views. She visited one
> small ridge of down trodden people and wrote that "they are filthy, and
> have filthy homes; they are rogues; close, suspicious, inhospitable,
> untruthful, cowardly and “sneaky.”
>
Helen,
And I disagree with most of your issues, and I am sure there will be at least
10 people who disagree with mine. Let us not forget that in 1890 it took Ms
Dromgoole six months to even find the Melungeons after countless people told
her they did not exist and after the NEW YORK TIMES journalist had written a
piece and failed to find them.
Opinions are one thing and facts are another and the fact remains NOBODY ever
sent a journalist anywhere but to Newman's Ridge.
Peace
:-)
Joanne Pezzullo
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html">http://www.geocities.com/ourmelungeons/front.html</A>;
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