Title Delaware's forgotten folk : the story of the Moors & Nanticokes / C.A. Weslager, with photographs by L.T. Alexander and drawings by John Swientochowski

Edition 1st paperback ed Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006, ©1943

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Description 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations (including map) plates, portraits Series Pennsylvania paperbacks Pennsylvania paperbacks. Contents Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. RED, WHITE, AND BLACK; 2. THE MYSTERIOUS MOOR; 3. PLOT IN THE SWAMP; 4. THE PERSISTENT RED THREAD; 5. AN UNEXPECTED CHAMPION; 6. THE GOOD FIGHT; 7. A WORLD UNKNOWN; 8. LINKS WITH THE PAST; BIBLIOGRAPHY Summary "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."--From the PrefaceC. 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. It explores the legend surrounding the origin of the two distinct but intricately intertwined groups, focusing on how their uncommon racial heritage--white, black, and Native American--shaped their identity within society and how their traditional culture retained its significance into their present.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 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 endures as one of the fundamental volumes on understanding the life and history of the Nanticoke and Moor peoples Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) Notes Print version record Subject African Americans -- Delaware -- History Nanticoke Indians -- Delaware -- History Indians of North America -- Delaware -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. African Americans Indians of North America Nanticoke Indians Delaware Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Swientochowski, John F., illustrator LC no. 2007270210 ISBN 9780812208085 0812208080

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