Larry Bassett’s Reviews > Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana > Status Update
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Interracial sex was relatively common. The increase of the mulatto population was ample evidence of the mixing of the races, even if it was not condoned or legal.
— Mar 25, 2024 04:52PM
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Larry Bassett
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Early on there were many attempts to equate being a person of color with being a slave. As there was gradually an increase in free people of color, it worked against this effort to have black equal slave.
— Mar 25, 2024 06:30PM
Larry Bassett
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This book goes way back in time to learn about the history of slavery. They look at archival material in Cuba and Virginia and Louisiana. They go back to the 15th century. They focus on the legalities of the issue and how it was handled.
— Mar 25, 2024 12:59PM
