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From: "ernest hurst" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Black or Colored
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 08:04:53 -0400


For what it's worth, there were several "terminologies" used on census
enumerations over the years. The first three enumerations, 1790, 1800 &
1810, had various age categories for free whites and one column for "all
other free persons". The 1800 & 1810 census clarified this further, using
"all other free persons, except Indians, untaxed". I guess Indians who
lived in white communities were taxed and therefore included in this
category and the ones on any reservation or "away from civilization" were
not even counted. The 1830 census was the first to use the term "Free
Colored Persons" and also the first to classify these folks, as well as
slaves, by age groups. For more on this, as well as a statistical breakdown
by state & county of "categories" used on the various census records see
this website.

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/

Ernie Hurst


> [Original Message]
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Date: 5/5/2003 9:19:45 PM
> Subject: [DNA] Black or Colored
>
> In a message dated 05/05/2003 5:48:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> > Actually back then wasn't the term "colored" not
> > black?
>
> The first census to designate anything more than the head of household
and
> age ranges for women and children was 1850 and they were all listed as W
for
> white, B for black, or M for Mulatto.
> Julia
>
>
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