“Race” and Our Appalachian Ancestors
This is a “reprint” of a post to my Facebook Group from 17 Mar 2023, before I reactivated my blogging capabilities. Hoe it is useful to site visitors. “Race” is a tricky thing — and it often is in the eye of the beholder. As I review records online I frequently see “W” or “Black/African-American” as if such categorizations are absolute. But the story is almost never so simple.For that reason, in the past I have resisted creating a fact…