[jch10]

As a 7th generation Floridan, I totally disagree. What did we call chiggers before slavery? Or banjos? We certainly had them here.

There were very few slave owners in this neck of the woods and people didn’t move around much then. Generations lived in one spot and saw very few people in a years time.

So, since I’ve never lived anyplace else, I speak very much as my ancestors did....with a definite Piney Woods Southern accent.

[sparklite2]

“What did we call chiggers before slavery?”

Chigroes.

[Ditter]

We never called them “chiggers” until the Yankees moved into Texas. They were always” redbugs” till then.