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From: Bruce K McGill <>
Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Mulatto inquiry
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:52:01 -0600
In-Reply-To: <003e01c315eb$01869180$ae7731d2@ruthconner>


It was fairly common for Scotsmen to be foremen on plantations ... some as
slaves themselves as a result of the Clearances. It was also common for the
African slaves to take the names of the foremen. There are quite a few
African Americans with Scots names.

Bruce

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