I don't know whether Paul is right or not but I would suggest for starters
that there probably was only one white woman for every two white men in
colonial Virginia as late as 1700 (see E. Morgan, American Slavery, American
Freedom.)  Morgan also points out that in a selected not necessary random
sample of bastardy records from VA counties at the end of the 17th century
and beginning of the 18th century, white servant women bearing children out
of wedlock, 1/4 to 1/3 were mulattoes.

There are more ways to mix race than just the one the poster is thinking of.

Harold S. Forsythe
----- Original Message -----
From: "qvarizona" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: TJ and Sally's kids


>  Paul Finkelmen wrote: "I would bet that
> 99% of all southern "whites" with roots that date
> before 1840 (or even 1860) have lots of "black" relatives."
>
>  That's a bit of a generalization, don't you think?  To start with, it's
> based on a misconception,  thus the conclusion is a bit silly.   From the
> get-go  the majority of Virginians and other southern white men did NOT
> own slaves.  This didn't mean they were less biased than TJ and the other
> politicians,  but it did mean opportunities were not the same.   Perhaps
> we sometimes forget that "history" is about more than what happened to
> VIPs like TJ and the other rich and famous.
>
>  Joanne
>
>
>
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