Northwest of Manhattan where the New York-New Jersey boundary
crosses the tree-covered ridges and hollows ridges and hollows of
the Ramapo Mountains there is a group of about 1,500 racially mixed
people who have long been referred to by journalists and historians
as the "Jackson Whites".
In a study combining tee disciplines of anthropology, sociology,
folklore, and history, David Cohen found that the old stories about
these people were legends, not history.
He found no reliable evidence that their ancestors were
Tuscarora Indians, Hessian deserters from the British army, escaped
slaves, and British and West Indian prostitutes imported by a sea
captain named Jackson for the pleasure of British soldiers
occupying Manhattan during the War for Independence.
David Cohen lived among the Ramapo Mountain People for a year,
conducting genealogical research into church records, deeds, wills,
and inventories in county courthouses and libraries. He established
that their ancestors included free black landowners in New York
City and mulattoes with some Dutch ancestry who were among the
first pioneers to settle in the Hackensack River Valley of New
Jersey.
In describing his findings and his experiences, Professor Cohen
shows how their racially mixed ancestry, their special family and
kinship system, and their intergroup attitudes and folkways
distinguish and socially isolate these people as a separate racial
group today, despite modern communications and transportation and
their proximity to New York City.
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