Issue

See also: issue

English

Etymology

From Free (“not enslaved”) Issue (“progeny”), "an antiquated designation for descendants of enslaved people who were freed before the Civil War", later applied to Monacans because Virginia laws for a time required births to be registered as either "White" or "Colored", erasing Indians, and clerks later haphazardly classified Monacans (even from the same mother and father) as "Mixed Indian", "Negro", or "Issue".[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃ(j)u/, /ˈɪʃ(j)ə/

Noun

Issue (plural Issues)

(derogatory) A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia.

References

2022 March 16, "Monacan Indian Nation defeats utility project at historic capital of Rassawek", The Washington Post
Karenne Wood and Diane Shields, "Historical Chronology of the Monacan Indian Nation"

Anagrams

Iesus, Susie, usies, ussie

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[1] 2022 March 16, "Monacan Indian Nation defeats utility project at historic capital of Rassawek", The Washington Post

[2] Karenne Wood and Diane Shields, "Historical Chronology of the Monacan Indian Nation"