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From: "jus'me" <>
Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Mulatto
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 00:21:42 -0400
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Hi....

York SC = York, South Carolina, USA - the term mulatto - which has become a
very derragotary word - included pretty much anyone the census taker decided
wasn't ~pure white~ based purely on skin color.

tamiz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Lou Ritter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Mulatto


> Mulatto means mixed black & white heritage. I don't know if there was any
> more specific definition than that
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ruthsconner" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:00 PM
> Subject: [SCTCDN] Mulatto
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Anyone out there with knowledge of a race being listed in the US as
> "mulatto" in a census? Excuse my ignorance but the term is unfamiliar to
> me. The rest of the family show under race simply as "b".
> > Also, is "York Sc" York Nova Scotia?
> > Thanking you
> > Ruth
> >
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