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"W. Scott Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:52:39 -0500
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>Anita may not have been clear enough in her message, but what she's says 
>is important. As the late Ned Heite and other scholars have shown, many 
>19th-century records (particularly census) use the term "mulatto" 
>loosely for people of color who might be African American or Native 
>American or both...

That's correct.


Scott

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