Wesorts

Wesorts (also We-Sorts), also known as "Brandywine people" or "Brandywine deme", is a name for a mixed-race group of free Black descent in Maryland, some of whom claim to be descended from the Piscataway people. The term is regarded as derogatory and a pejorative by some. Wesorts prefer being called Brandywine people, a name that references the Prince George's and Charles County line where the majority of the group have historically resided. Historian Frank Sweet lists "Wesorts" as among a group of "derogatory epithets given by mainstream society, not self-labels". "Wesort" was listed as a self-identified "Other race" on the 2000 United States census. Many individuals with the surnames Proctor, Swann, Savoy, Newman, Harley, Butler and Thompson comprise the group, documented to be descending from free Black progenitors.