No. Children of slave women are slaves even if their father is the President of the United States! And surely if their father was "just an Indian." Paul Finkelman [log in to unmask] wrote: > It is true that the status of the child generally followed that of the > mother; but I'm wondering if, in Virginia in the 1780s, a father's having > Indian blood would trump that law. So, would the children of a slave > woman be free if their father was part Indian? > > Henry Wiencek > > >>The birth status of a child followed that of the mother. The child >>would be a free born or slave born based on the mothers status at the >>time of the birth. I have found reference in South Carolina to an >>Indian woman being a slave as late as 1750. I don't know when the >>enslavement of Indians ceased in Virginia. >> >>Deborah Byrd >> > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > -- Paul Finkelman Chapman Distinguished Professor University of Tulsa College of Law 3120 East 4th Place Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-2499 918-631-3706 (office) 918-631-2194 (fax) [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html