Examples of Race Change From 'Indian'
All were members of the recognized Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Millsboro
Countering the idea that
folks of Indian heritage purposely self-identified
as other than Indian
|
Perhaps Walter
Plecker's 1920's ideas about race found a home in Delaware!
In each of the following snippets from the 1930 census of Sussex County the reader will see that race has been changed from 'In' to 'Neg'.
The enumerator spelled out the tribal connection, variations of "Indian Mixed Nanticoke" or "Delaware Nanticoke Tribe" in the blanks meant for
birthplaces of the individual, the father and the mother, which were then correctly changed under supervision to Delware-Delaware-Delaware.
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 120 Augustus Wright
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 3-DIST (WEST PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 143 David H. Clark
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 114 Harmon, Thompson, Clark, Wright, Pierce families
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 110 Luther B. Norwood
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 111 Oscar W. Wright
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 109 Gardner R. Street
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 115 Wilson Harmon
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 114 Walter B Wright
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 113 Elwood Wright
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 111 Warren Wright
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 7-DIST (SOUTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 109 Custis Johnson
1930 - DELAWARE Sussex County 3-DIST (WEST PART) Series: T626 Roll: 291 Page: 141 Phillip Jackson
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