Tag: C. A. Weslager

  • C. A. Weslager’s “Delaware’s Forgotten Folk” chronicles the history of the Nanticoke Indians and the Cheswold Moors, from John Smith’s first encounter with the Nanticokes along the Kuskakarawaok River in 1608, to the struggles faced by these uniquely multiracial communities amid the racial and social tensions of mid-twentieth-century America.

  • Trends in the Naming of Tri-Racial Mixed-Blood Groups in the Eastern United States American Speech Volume 22, Number 2 (April, 1947) pages 81-87 A. R. Dunlap University of Delaware C. A. Weslager University of Delaware In the eastern part of the United States, particularly in the southern and middle-Atlantic portions, are a number of populations…