The Nanticoke Community of Delaware (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Nanticoke Community of Delaware (Classic Reprint) written by Frank Gouldsmith Speck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Nanticoke Community of Delaware As may be observed in the portraits accompanying this paper (pl. II-XI) the appearance of even the most negroid of these people is quite different from that of the common Southern negro type. They are much more refined in appearance, with thinner lips and narrower noses. Heckewelderl says that the Nanticoke were distinguished from neighboring tribes by a darker color. \vriting at this date, if we assume the story of the Moorish admixture to have some foundation in truth, one does not have to seek far for an explanation of the dark complexion of the Nanticoke.2 It would seem that the tribe bore evidence of an African admixture before leaving Mary land, which would be before 1748, at the latest. The Moor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.