单词 | black indian |
释义 | > as lemmasBlack Indian Black Indian n. (also with lower-case initial in the first element) (in the late 19th cent.) a person of African descent living as a member of a North American Indian community; (now also) a person of mixed African-American and North American Indian descent. ΚΠ 1876 Indian Jrnl. (Muskogee, Indian Territory) 14 Sept. 2/3 There is no reason why any bona fide member of the Cherokee or other Nation in the Territory, whatever may be his complexion, should not take a becoming part in its local politics... The Journal therefore urges red Indians, white Indians, and black Indians to fully post themselves upon their political rights. 1877 S. W. Marston Rep. 8 Nov. in E. C. Boudinot Oklahoma (1878) 55 Cherokees. Indians by blood..14,800. White Indians by marriage..700. Black Indians by treaty..3,500. 1979 N.Y. Mag. 17 Sept. 6/4 They're black Indians, they've intermarried so much... Their reservation is on Route 27A—the best property on Long Island. 1982 L. Bennett Before Mayflower 322 A number of black women married Indian braves. Of the two wives of Micanopy,..one was a black Indian. 1993 N.Y. Amsterdam News (Electronic ed.) 6 Nov. 18 When the local media understood that these were actually Black Indians claiming the lands, many began to let their racism toward both Native Americans and African-Americans surface overtly. 2008 R. Casement Black Hist. in Pages of Children's Lit. vii. 118 [The book] also contains many stories of Black Indians in the South, where many escaped slaves from coastal North Carolina and Georgia found a culture of acceptance with the Seminole Indians who lived in Florida. < as lemmas |
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