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Subject:	Re: black master
From:	Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:43:05 -0500
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Told you Jordon's book was an eye opener!!! <grin>

At 04:23 PM 2/27/03 -0500, you wrote:
>person giving the information to the census taker.  Thus, there is some room
>for error in the case of those blacks who could, and preferred to, pass as
>white citizens and so informed the census takers.  I don't know to what
>JDS

You have to decide if it was an error for black who could pass as white to
say they were white to census takers. If the person had a parentage that
indicated more than 50% white blood, they were entitled to say they were
white.

                                 Anne

Anne Pemberton
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