What is Black Dutch?

Actually, there's a lot of theories as to exactly where the term originated.

For some, the term meant a certain group of people who were from Spain and settled in the Netherlands.

For others, the term relates to dark-skinned Germans.

There seems to be a connection between the Melungeons and the Appalachia people because of dental records that connect the two. These people were said to have been decendants of the lost colony at Roanoake Island and inter-married with Native Americans.

Actually, there is no authorative source or origin for this term, although, it is believed that it may have been a code word for disguising your heritage to avoid racial onslaughts.

Uhhh none? I will say though, darker types are definitely more common among the Irish than among the Dutch or Germans. I've actually seen quite a few Irish people who could pass for Spanish or Italian.

It is another name for melungeon: A group of people in the US who may or may not have started when escaped slaves started marrying Native Americans, with some backwoods Europeans thrown in.

I saw that you do not want to look it up. I'm putting in two links just in case someone else does. Sometimes people read the answers to these Q.

An American misnomer for German immigrants from the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) region of Germany. Deutsch means German in German, hence the confusion. They are frequently found in Pennsylvania and the Midwest, not to be confused with the Amish.

Ted Pack really answered that question. He should win the points for his answer. It's nice to know adults frequent this site!

Fascinating sub-ethnic/racial group. Bravo!

I guess black people who lives on a pansylvania dutch area

It originally meant all speakers of German.