{"id":457,"date":"2016-05-03T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=400"},"modified":"2022-05-16T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:29:16","slug":"the-melungeon-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"The Melungeon Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in the mid-19th century, just before the Civil War, there were several Tennessee court cases that helped define the role of the mysterious people known as \u201cMelungeons\u201d in Appalachian society. 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