The Ramapough Mountain Indians, also Ramapo Mountain Indians, commonly known by the pejorative name "Jackson Whites," are a group of approximately 3000 people living around the Ramapo Mountains of northern New Jersey and southern New York. The center of their community is a small mountain called Stag Hill.
Ethnically they are the descendants of the Lenape, with a mixture of African from the freed slaves of the Hudson River Valley, Tuscarora, Dutch and various other Caucasians.
The term "Jackson Whites" is derived from "jacks and whites," where "jack" is a pejorative for a black man, because the Jackson Whites are distinguished by their racially mixed appearance.
The reiterates the principal components of the JacksonWhites legend as expostulated by John C. Storms, self-proclaimed authority on the subject.
The conclusion is that the JacksonWhites are a mixture of three racial lines and that their isolation led to the inbreeding which has resulted in some of the current genetic problems of the group.
The legend of the JacksonWhites is recounted with derision.
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