HDFS 3277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Strom Thurmond, Sally Hemings, Mae
25 Apr 2017
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Slavery produced separation- sold to different people. Old belief mixing races would contaminate blood and damage intelligence of offspring. William g. allen-son of a welsh immigrant. One drop rule: any person with any known african black ancestry was considered black. When news spread that william and mary wanted to marry they were threatened. The couple fled to england in 1853. Got married in district of columbia and then went back to virginia. Charged with violation of anti-miscegenation laws (banned interracial marriage) The court unanimously ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional. This ended race-based legal restrictions on marriages in the united states. Claim jefferson fathered children with sally hemings, a slave at monticello. It is believed after his wife"s death in (cid:883)(cid:889)(cid:890)(cid:884) he fathered (cid:888) children with sally. Kept her father"s identity a secret until death. College students today include the largest group of mixed-race students.
