Editing Redleg (section)

== Etymology ==
According to [[folk etymology]], the name is derived from the effects of the [[Tropics|tropical]] sun on the fair-skinned legs of white emigrants, now known as [[sunburn]]. However, the term "Redlegs" and its variants were also in use for Irish soldiers who were taken as [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] in the [[Irish Confederate Wars]] and transported to [[Barbados]] as [[indentured servant]]s.<ref name=" Price-1957">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071228234215/http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CARIBBEAN/2001-04/0986680712 ''The Redlegs of Barbados.''] Edward T. Price, 1957 (archived on 28 dec 2007)</ref> 

In addition to "Redlegs", the term underwent extensive progression in Barbados and the following terms were also used: "Redshanks", "Poor whites", "Poor Backra", "Backra Johnny", "Ecky-Becky", "Johnnies" or "Poor Backward Johnnies", "Poor whites from below the hill", "Edey white mice" or "Beck-e Neck" (Baked-neck). Historically, anything besides "poor whites" were used as derogatory insults.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Keagy |first1=Thomas J. |title=THE POOR WHITES OF BARBADOS |journal=Revista de Historia de América |date=1972 |issue=73–74}}</ref><ref name=" Price-1957"/>