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EPISODE · May 3, 2016 · 16 MIN

The Melungeon Trials

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

Starting in the mid-19th century, just before the Civil War, there were several Tennessee court cases that helped define the role of the mysterious people known as “Melungeons” in Appalachian society. On this episode, Rod and Steve tell the story of those cases as well as the history, as best it can be determined, of […]

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