Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Slave Mothers and White Fathers: Defining Family and Status in Late Colonial Cuba Slavery & Abolition Volume 31, Issue 1 (March 2010) pages 29-55 DOI: 10.1080/01440390903481647 Karen Y. Morrison, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst This paper outlines the mechanisms used to position the offspring of slave women and white men at…