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Re: "high crimes and misdemeanors"
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In a message dated 3/30/2002 4:50:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> the term "mulatto" was applied loosely
>  in the 19th century to individuals and groups who were not African
>  American but Native American.
In Virginia, the term mulatto was defined in a 1785 statute as "every such
person, who shall have one fourth part or more of negro blood, shall in like
manner be deemed a mulatto." Revised Code of 1819, c 111, 11.
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