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Re: "black relatives."
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Paul Finkelman <[log in to unmask]>
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my original point was about relatives, not direct ancestors, and that
should be kept in mind when you consider this issue.

J. Douglas Deal wrote:

>Just a number or two to help ground our speculations in evidence: in the
>1860 federal census, 10.41% of the slaves were deemed by enumerators to be
>"mulatto"; for 1850, the figure was 7.70%. For a study that investigates
>the variables that seem to go along with high (or low) rates of
>miscegenation, see Richard H. Steckel, "Miscegenation and the American
>Slave Schedules," Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 11:2 (Autumn
>1980), 251-263.
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>Douglas Deal
>Professor of History and Chair of History Department
>State University of New York at Oswego
>Oswego, NY 13126
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