While the term "mulatto" may be used to describe "Natives" by some, I believe it technically refers to a person whose ancestry is Negro and Caucasian. That's the meaning it had when I was growing up in Virginia. -- Melinda C. P. Skinner Richmond, VA -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]> > While researching for my book, I found instances of Free Blacks & Mulattoes > (another name for Native), who owned slaves. One of my ancestors owned, and > freed slaves, (including a female who married his brother). Since Natives > and Free Blacks were under siege, it is highly unlikely they would have held > large amounts of slaves. Slavery was an international business with ships > leaving slave states headed for European Markets. That meant a requirement > for a shipping industry, and connections that Free Blacks and Natives did > not have. > > Anita > > > >From: Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > > <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: SLAVE OWNERSHIP BY NATIVE AMERICANS IN VIRGINIA > >Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:29:05 -0500 > > > >By statute, blacks and Native Americans were barred from buying and owning > >white servants in 17th century Virginia. Indian slave ownership existed in > >the deep South but not apparently in the upper South. > > > >Harold S. Forsythe > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Basil Forest" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:24 AM > >Subject: SLAVE OWNERSHIP BY NATIVE AMERICANS IN VIRGINIA > > > > > >>Does anyone know of any research or articles on the ownership of slaves by > >>Native Americans in Virginia? > >> > >>To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > >>at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://homepage.msn.com/zune?icid=hmetagline > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html