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In a message dated 3/29/2002 12:34:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> It is especially interesting that some of the families in the
> 1870 census are shown with the head of the household as a female black, and
> her children as mullato. Hmmm.... where is dad?
Other than anecdotal evidence (e.g. Mary Chesnut), are there any studies on
the fathers of mulatto children? What about the white workman, overseers,
white teenagers? It is not logic that Jefferson is suspect because A. mulatto
is born B. father owns a plantation C. Jefferson owns a plantation, ergo,
etc.
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