Issue
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Free (“not enslaved”) 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".[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Issue (plural Issues)
- (derogatory) A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia.
References[edit]
- ^ 2022 March 16, "Monacan Indian Nation defeats utility project at historic capital of Rassawek", The Washington Post
- ^ Karenne Wood and Diane Shields, "Historical Chronology of the Monacan Indian Nation"
Further reading[edit]
- 2023 June 1, "Monacan Indian Nation: Saving Rassawek – How historical racism is still with us", wvtf - Virginia's Public Radio