{"id":58244,"date":"2019-06-03T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=58244"},"modified":"2019-06-03T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:29:38","slug":"delawares-forgotten-folk-the-story-of-the-moors-and-nanticokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=58244","title":{"rendered":"Delaware’s Forgotten Folk: The Story of the Moors and Nanticokes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delaware’s Forgotten Folk: The Story of the Moors and Nanticokes<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

University of Pennsylvania Press<\/a>
\n2006 (originally published in 1943)
\n232 pages
\n13 illustrations
\n5 1\/2 x 8 1\/2
\nPaper ISBN: 9780812219838<\/p>\n

C. A. Weslager<\/a> (1909-1994)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photographs by L. T. Alexander<\/strong>
\nDrawings by John Swientochowski<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Delaware's<\/a><\/p>\n

“It is offered not as a textbook nor as a scientific discussion, but merely as reading entertainment founded on the life history, social struggle, and customs of a little-known people.”\u2014From the Preface<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

C. A. Weslager’s Delaware’s Forgotten Folk<\/em> chronicles the history of the Nanticoke Indians<\/a> and the Cheswold Moors<\/a>, from John Smith’s<\/a> 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<\/a>. It explores the legend surrounding the origin of the two distinct but intricately intertwined groups, focusing on how their uncommon racial heritage\u2014white, black, and Native American<\/a>\u2014shaped their identity within society and how their traditional culture retained its significance into their present.<\/p>\n

Weslager’s demonstrated command of available information and his familiarity with the people themselves bespeak his deep respect for the Moor and Nanticoke communities. What began as a curious inquiry into the overlooked peoples of the Delaware River Valley<\/a> developed into an attentive and thoughtful study of a distinct group of people struggling to remain a cultural community in the face of modern opposition. Originally published in 1943, Delaware’s Forgotten Folk<\/em> endures as one of the fundamental volumes on understanding the life and history of the Nanticoke and Moor peoples.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n