Things that make me go Hm-m-m-m-m ...

"99%"? 10 out of every 1,000 southern "whites" did not have "black"
relatives; 990 out of every 1,000 southern "whites" did have "black"
relatives. I wonder what percentage of "blacks" had southern "white"
relatives?

It's a wonder slaveowners accomplished anything at all with all that "sex"
going on.

Tom
Royalty to Rogues
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Finkelman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: TJ and Sally's kids


> The issue for me is whether TJ had kids with his slaves; in the end,
> lots of southern masters had kids with their slaves.  I would bet that
> 99% of all southern "whites" with roots that date before 1840 (or even
> 1860) have lots of "black" relatives.  That's what slaveowners did, here
> and elsewhere.  They had sex with their slaves.
>
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