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Re: Free or slave?
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It is true that the status of the child generally followed that of the
mother; but I'm wondering if, in Virginia in the 1780s, a father's having
Indian blood would trump that law.  So, would the children of a slave
woman be free if their father was part Indian?

Henry Wiencek

> The birth status of a child followed that of the mother.  The child
> would be a free born or slave born based on the mothers status at the
> time of the birth.  I have found reference in South Carolina to an
> Indian woman being a slave as late as 1750.  I don't know when the
> enslavement of Indians ceased in Virginia.
>
> Deborah Byrd
>

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