my original point was about relatives, not direct ancestors, and that should be kept in mind when you consider this issue. J. Douglas Deal wrote: >Just a number or two to help ground our speculations in evidence: in the >1860 federal census, 10.41% of the slaves were deemed by enumerators to be >"mulatto"; for 1850, the figure was 7.70%. For a study that investigates >the variables that seem to go along with high (or low) rates of >miscegenation, see Richard H. Steckel, "Miscegenation and the American >Slave Schedules," Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 11:2 (Autumn >1980), 251-263. > > > >Douglas Deal >Professor of History and Chair of History Department >State University of New York at Oswego >Oswego, NY 13126 >[log in to unmask] >(315)-312-5632 > >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 of Law University of Tulsa College of Law 3120 East 4th Place Tulsa, OK 74104-3189 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