THESE INDIANS ARE MIXED INDIAN AND WHITE AND BLACK WHO LIVED IN THE EAST PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THEIR POPULATION WAS 5000. THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS FREE NEGROES.
TWENTY YEARS AGO THEY WERE GIVEN NINE SEPARATE LEGAL EXISTENCE AND THE TITLE OF CROATAN INDIANS. THEY HAVE SEPARATE SCHOOL PRIVILEGES, NOT GIVEN TO NEGROS.
SIMILAR PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE DESIGNATED RED BONES. THE MELUNGEONS OR PORTUGUESE ARE AN OFFSHOOT FROM THE CROATAN PROPER.
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