Redbone (ethnicity)
1950 Map of Redbone settlements in Louisiana. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~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, Wesorts, Brass Ankles, Free Black people, Free people of color |
| Part of a series on ethnic |
| African Americans |
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Redbone is a term historically used in much of the Southern United States to denote a multiracial individual or culture. In Louisiana, the term 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.