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The Fiddler On Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His White Descendants, A Search For Family (2012)

by Joe Mozingo(Favorite Author)
3.8 of 5 Votes: 3
ISBN
1451627483 (ISBN13: 9781451627480)
languge
English
publisher
Free Press
review 1: The author's paragraph about internet posters/story commenters--some trolls, some not, but usually racist--was wonderful:This [racist blog posts] was the domain of what were once mainstream ideas, now a bunch of weirdos too scared to use their real names, practically masturbating to their own "whiteness," and plotting the takeover of America like children planning a trip to Mars. p.198
review 2: Joe Mozingo has done some fascinating research on how the West African name "Mozingo" was accidentally preserved by the white descendants of the original African who bore it. Even though his research clearly disproves the "one drop" myth and white racial "purity," Mozingo is still foolish enough to claim that his ancestors "passed as white." Since Mozingo admits t
... morehat he himself and most of the Mozingos are white, where was the caste line crossed? less
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reader007
Yes, good and interesting, but missing an awful lot from a genealogist's point of view.
Shayne
I loved this book. A great story of the author's search for the origins of his name.
Natasha
Impeccably researched. Riveting.
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