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LEGEND OF STUD SERVICE AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
SINCE IT WAS BELIEVED IN THE SOUTH THAT THE BEST SLAVES
WERE HALF WHITE AND HALF BLACK, THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE
PROFIT IN SELLING THIS KIND OF SLAVE. IT IS SAID EVEN
TODAY THAT THERE IS ON RECORD THE NAMES OF MEN WHO GAVE
OUT THEIR SERVICES AS STUDS TO SEED BLACK WOMEN AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1968