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mulatto
' ( , ) is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry. When speaking or writing about a singular woman in English, the word is ' (). The use of this term began in areas that later became the United States shortly after the Atlantic slave trade began. Although it has been employed in derogatory contexts, some mixed-race communities reject the claim that the term is inherently offensive and instead regard it as a descriptor that has been mischaracterized by individuals who are not of mixed-race origin. After the post Civil Rights Era, the term is now con
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Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups. The Seminole people emerged in a process of ethnogenesis from various Native American groups who settled in Spanish Florida beginning in the early 1700s, most significantly northern Muscogee Creeks from what are now Georgia and Alabama.
Miskito people
native ethnic group in Central America with some African ancestry
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zambo
Zambo ( or ) or Sambu is a racial term to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and sub-Saharan African ancestry.
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Garifuna
The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are an Afro-Indigenous people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language.
Narragansett people
Native American tribe from Rhode Island, US
Buffalo Soldier
African American regiments of the US Army created 1866, the first black regulars in peacetime
one-drop rule
rule applied to discriminate racially
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Nipmuc
The Nipmuc or Nipmuck people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who historically spoke an Eastern Algonquian language, probably the Loup language. Their historic territory Nippenet, meaning 'the freshwater pond place', is in central Massachusetts and nearby parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
James Beckwourth
American mountain man (1798-1866)
Pardo Brazilians
ethnic category in Brazil
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casta
thumb|upright=1.3|. A casta painting showing 16 racial groupings. Anonymous, 18th century, oil on canvas, 148×104 cm, , , Mexico
Black Seminoles
ethnic group
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Mattaponi
thumb|Location of the Mattaponi Indian Reservation The Mattaponi () tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land, which it has held since the colonial era. The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reservation, which stretches along the borders of the Mattaponi River, near West Point, Virginia.
Shinnecock Nation
federally recognized Native tribe on Long Island
Monacan people
ethnic group and federally-recognized tribe in Virgina
Montaukett
The Montaukett ("Metoac"), more commonly known as Montauk, are an Algonquian-speaking Native American people from the eastern and central sections of Long Island, New York, United States.
Saponi people
The Saponi are a Native American tribe historically based in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. They spoke a Siouan language, related to the languages of the Tutelo, Biloxi, and Ofo.
Slavery among indigenous peoples of the United States
Native Americans owning, and being, slaves
blood quantum laws
historical American laws governing membership in a Native American tribe
Mardi Gras Indians
african-American carnival organizations in New Orleans
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Poospatuck Reservation
reservation in New York, United States
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Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
Canadian journalist, writer and actor
Great Dismal Swamp maroons
people from swamp in VA USA
Negro Mountain
mountain ridge in Pennsylvania, United States
Mascogos
The Mascogos (also known as negros mascagos) are an Afro-descendant group in Coahuila, Mexico. Centered on the town of El Nacimiento in Múzquiz Municipality, the group are descendants of Black Seminoles escaping the threat of slavery in the United States.
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