Redbone (ethnicity)

Redbones
Total population
1950 Map of Redbone settlements in Louisiana.
~3000 (1950, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Southwestern Louisiana
Languages
English
Religion
Baptist, Pentecostalism
Related ethnic groups
Melungeons, Carmelites, Dominickers, Lumbee, Beaver Creek Indians, Chestnut Ridge people, Brandywine people, Brass Ankles, Free Black people, Free people of color

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History

Periods
Timeline Atlantic slave trade Abolitionism in the United States Slavery in the colonial history of the US Revolutionary War Antebellum period Slavery and military history during the Civil War Reconstruction era Politicians Juneteenth Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement Post–civil rights era
Aspects
Agriculture history Black Belt in the American South Business history Military history Treatment of the enslaved
Migrations
Great Migration Second Great Migration New Great Migration

Culture

Lifeways
Dance Family structure Film Folktales Music Musical theater Names Neighborhoods Newspapers Soul food
Schools
Education during the slave period in the US Education of freed people during the Civil War History of African-American education, after the Civil War Historically black colleges and universities Fraternities
Academic study
Studies Art Literature
Celebrations
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Black History Month Juneteenth Kwanzaa
Economic class
African-American businesses Middle class Upper class Billionaires
Symbols and ideas
African-American beauty Black is beautiful Black pride African-American hair Good hair Stepping "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Self-determination

Religion

Institutions
Black church Black Catholicism Black Catholic Movement
Theologies
Black theology Womanist theology
Non-Christian groups
Hoodoo Black Hebrew Israelites African-American Jews African-American Muslims Nation of Islam Louisiana Voodoo African Diaspora Religions

Politics

Organizations
Congressional Black Caucus Joint Center National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Ideologies
Afrocentrism Anarchism Back-to-Africa movement Black power Capitalism Conservatism Garveyism Leftism Liberalism Nationalism Pan-Africanism Patriotism Populism Radicalism Socialism

Civic/economic groups

Organizations
Association for the Study of African American Life and History Black conductors NAACP National Black Chamber of Commerce National Council of Negro Women National Pan-Hellenic Council National Urban League TransAfrica UNCF

Sub-communities


African-American Southerners Affrilachians Black Ozarkers Carmel Melungeons Chestnut Ridge Melungeon Atlantic Creoles Tidewater Brass Ankles Delaware Moors Dominickers Alabama Cajans Exodusters Gullah Louisiana Mina Maroons Great Dismal Swamp Redbones
Creoles of color
Akransas Alabama Ark-La-Tex Cane River Louisiana Mississippi
Black Indians
Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek Freedmen Mascogos Seminole
Multiethnic
African-American Jews Afro-Romani Black Mennonites Blaxicans
Diasphoric
Americo-Liberians Merikins Nova Scotians Samaná Americans Sierra Leone Creole
Sexual orientation
LGBTQ community Down-low

Dialects and languages

English dialects
African-American English African-American Vernacular English Liberian English Samaná English Tutnese
Languages and other dialects
Gullah Afro-Seminole Creole Louisiana Creole Nuwaubian Negro Dutch Black American Sign Language

Population

US states
Alabama Arkansas California Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Nebraska New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia
US cities
Black mecca List of neighborhoods Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Dallas-Fort Worth Davenport Detroit Houston Jacksonville Kentucky Lexington Los Angeles New York City Omaha Philadelphia San Antonio San Francisco
Historic places
District of Columbia Florida Georgia Mississippi Missouri Omaha, Nebraska North Carolina South Carolina Texas West Virginia
Population count
US states and territories US metropolitan areas US cities US communities Places by plurality of population
Diaspora
Africa Canada France Ghana Israel Liberia Nova Scotia Sierra Leone

Prejudice

Racism
Black genocide Race and ethnicity in the US census Racism against Black Americans Reparations for slavery School segregation in the US Unarmed African Americans killed by police officers
Stereotypes and media depictions
Blackface Criminal stereotypes Hollywood Magical Negro Minstrel show

Redbone is a term historically used in much of the Southern United States to denote a multiracial individual or culture. In Louisiana, the term Redbones refers to specific geographically and ethnically distinct groups.

Among African-Americans the term has been separately utilized as an aspect of colorism in reference for light-skinned people, particularly African American women with red undertones.