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Speaker or author: Craft, William

Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- Proceedings, British Association for the Advancement of Science

The speaker pointed out to the scientific debate taking place that he didn't understand how the author of an essay on amalgamation in the U.S. could say that the races had not mixed. He believed that two-thirds of African Americans were of mixed race.

Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 263 word document (text and image)

Date published: 1863

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Africa; amalgamation; mulattoes

Publication type: Speeches; Text

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