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by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on April 14th, 2005

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What exactly is a "redneck" and what is the origin of the term?

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  • by Johnnyonthespot on February 15th, 2008

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    There is another little peice of history assioated with the term redneck.
    There was an uprising amoung miners in the early americas and a large number of miners marched to another mine in arms to stand up for the miners being abused at that mine. They wore red bandannas around their neck.
    I learned this in my american history class in high school... I wish I could find the information again if anybody knows please comment with a source.

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    • See georgiadawgs answer.

      Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

      by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on February 25th, 2008

    • The Term Redneck is said to have originated in Ledlow Colorqado during a 1914 Union Orginazation and Miners Strike. The miners/strikers tied a red kerchief around their necks to define who they belonged to. RE: The Ludlow Massacre. there is a good Article in the January 19, 2009 issue of the New Yorker that tells how the term was defined in 1914 not 1921.

      Hondoo

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      by Hondoo on February 1st, 2009

    • Hondoo hit the nail on the head about where the word originated all the other anwsers come in secondary to hodoos anwser

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      by Bailey6822 on December 22nd, 2009

    • Hondoo hit the nail on the head about where the word originated all the other anwsers come in secondary to hodoos anwser

      Bailey6822

      by Bailey6822 on December 22nd, 2009

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