Tag: Frank W. Sweet

  • A Brief History of Census “Race” Knol: A unit of knowledge 2010-06-08 4 illustrations Frank W. Sweet, Independent Research Historian The U.S. federal census was founded to apportion congressional representation among the states. In order to achieve additional goals, it switched in 1850 from recording households in summary, to recording individuals in detail. It became…

  • Legal History of the Color Line: The Rise and Triumph of the One-Drop Rule Backintyme Publishing 2005 542 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780939479238 Frank W. Sweet Every Year, 35,000 Black-Born Youngsters Redefine Themselves as White About 1/3 of “White” Americans have detectable African DNA Genealogists were the first to learn that America’s color line leaks. Black…