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Subject:	Re: "high crimes and misdemeanors"
From:	"Richard E. Dixon" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:15:58 EST
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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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Richard E. Dixon
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Fairfax, VA 22030
703-691-0770 fax 703-691-0978
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