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From: "Cleland Thorpe" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] March Feature at melungeons.com
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:42:27 -0600
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It is beyond my understanding where some of these folks are coming from. I
expect any day now we will be identified as mis-placed Chinese <<G>> Hang
in there Frank. I'm gonna have to meet you one of these days.
Cleland
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From: "John T" <>
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Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] March Feature at melungeons.com


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>
> Cleland Thorpe <> wrote:
> Frank,
> I read what Mr Yates wrote that is found on the Melungeon Movement web
> site. About all I can say about it is a few words were left out of the
> title. The words IN THIS ARTICLE should follow, YOU WILL NEVER FIND THE
TRUTH. It's getting pretty disgusting to read about us written by people who
have no earthly idea who we are.
>
> Howdy Cleland In my honest opinion all the blame for this Melungeon
misinformation goes back to a few people who wanted to be Melungeon for
some reason, unknown to me. Their ancestors were not free colored and
neither were they in the area where the Melungeons were. So they claimed to
have suffered the same discrimination as the Melungeons suffered, except no
written records exist that identifies them as free colored, or discriminated
against, not even Walter Plecker recognized them because they were
enumerated white. Plecker sure was after Melungeon descendants who had
migrated to Virginia. Ever wonder how those guys ancestors escaped Plecker?
The truth is they didn't, because they were white. Maybe we should adopt
them as the white top Melungeon tribe. Frank
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