Anne,

You will have to become conversant with genetics and recessive v.  
dominant genes. Plus, you don't know if the slave had 1/4 black  
ancestry or less or more. People aren't peas and cannot be bred as  
such, nor assumed to behave as such.

Lyle


On Nov 1, 2008, at 9:46 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> Lyle,
>
> Explain, if you will how Sally, who was 1/2 or 1/4 black could mate  
> with a slave who was 1/4 black and produce all and only white/light- 
> skinned children, and six of them at that. Seems to me that with six  
> children, at least one of them would be considerably darker than the  
> others. Are we discussing the difference between scientific  
> possibilities and probabilities?
>
> Anne
>
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