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Issue
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issue
English
Etymology
From en free Free not enslaved en issue Issue progeny, "an antiquated designation for descendants of enslaved people who were freed before the Civil War", later applied to Monacans because Virginia laws for a time required births to be registered as either "White" or "Colored", erasing Indians, and clerks later haphazardly classified Monacans (even from the same mother and father) as "Mixed Indian", "Negro", or "Issue".2022 March 16, "Monacan Indian Nation defeats utility project at historic capital of Rassawek", The Washington PostKarenne Wood and Diane Shields, "Historical Chronology of the Monacan Indian Nation"
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪʃ(j)u/ /ˈɪʃ(j)ə/
Noun
en derogatory A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia.
References
Further reading
2023 June 1, "Monacan Indian Nation: Saving Rassawek – How historical racism is still with us", wvtf - Virginia's Public Radio
Anagrams
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