mestee การใช้

After the Civil War, the term " mestee " gradually fell into disuse when the millions of slaves were made freedmen.
Native American scholar Jack D . Forbes has attempted to revive " mestee " as a term for the mixed-race peoples established as free before the Civil War.
Mestee, once widely used, is now used mostly for members of historically mixed-race groups, such as Louisiana Creoles, Melungeons, Redbones, Brass Ankles and Mayles.
The English word " mestee " is a corruption of the Middle French " mestis " ( the letters's'both pronounced at the start of the Middle French period, and both silent at the end of the Middle French period ).
The term " mestee " was widely used in the antebellum United States for mixed-race individuals, according to Jack D . Forbes, used for people of European and Native American ancestry, as well as European and African, or tri-racial.