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What was the Melungeon's origin?
In 1662, children born in the colonies were assigned the social status of their mother, regardless of their father's ethnicity or citizenship.
What classified their origin ?
This meant the children of enslaved African or African-American women were born into slavery. But it also meant the children of free white or mulatto women were born free.
What states did the Melungeon people originate in?
Most individuals of the group called Melungeon were persons of mixed European and African descent, sometimes also with Native American ancestry, whose ancestors had been free in colonial Virginia.
What was the most common mixed race for Melungeon people?
Most individuals of the group called Melungeon were persons of mixed European and African descent, sometimes also with Native American ancestry.

Question: Did they ever leave Virginia?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the Melungeon people ever leave Virginia?