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5, cT. C. A., ii years. Good features; eyes light brown or hazel; 



hair light brown, straight; could pass for white; skin 14, 33, 

 22, 31. 



6, 9. M. A., 2 years. Eyes dark brown; hair medium brown, 



slightly wavy; shows her colored blood but little; skin 14, 

 38 20, 28. 



Pedigree 9. M. Family. 



I Gen. Five children were born of a man with skin say N 12 (being the 

 son of a Scotchman and a Madagascar woman) and of a 

 colored woman with skin say N 13. 



1. The first son, R. B., with skin 15, 41, 20, 24, married a 

 woman with skin 20, 45, 16, 19 (see Pedigree 4, 1 Generation). 



2. Another son, J. B., with brown eyes; black curly hair; 

 skin 11, 48, 20, 21; married a medium-colored woman, 

 whose father was "fair" and whose mother was black. 

 She has straight, Indian hair, and skin say N 33. They 

 have two sons (II 1,2). 



3. A daughter, A. B. [M.], with brown eyes; wavy, 

 black hair; skin 13, 41, 21, 25; married L. M., a sergeant, 

 the son of a light-colored man with blue eyes and light 

 hair and of a woman whose father was "sambo " and whose 

 mother was black. He has gray eyes ; dark brown, slightly 

 curly hair; skin 22, 35, 21, 22. They have eleven children 



(II 3-13)- 



4. Another daughter, E. B. [A.], with brown eyes; 



medium brown, straight hair; shows her colored blood a 

 little; skin 18, 36, 19, 27. Married a white man, J. A., who 

 has dark brown eyes and light brown hair. They have two 

 children (II 14, 15). 



5. A third son, T. B., whose skin is say N 18, married a 

 woman whose blue-eyed father was very fair, being the son 

 of a white man and a "quadroon," and whose mother was 

 ' ' sambo. ' ' She has brown eyes ; somewhat curly, black hair ; 

 skin 20, 35, 23, 22. They have five children (II 16-20). 



II Gen. 1, 6". W. B. Eyes brown; hair black and almost straight; skin 17, 

 45, 20, 18; married the daughter of a pure black man and 

 a mulatto. She has brown eyes; typical negro hair; skin 

 33, 44, 14, 9; and is the mother of two daughters (III 1,2). 

 (See fig. 11.) 



2, 0*. J. B. Hair curly; skin like II 1. 



3, 9 . L. M., 19 years. Eyes brown; hair dark brown, wavy; skin 



21, 50, IS, 14. 



4, 9 . L. M., 18 years. Assistant teacher in a school; eyes brown; 



almost typical negro hair which is curlier than that of 

 either parent; skin 17, 48, 17, 18. 



5, 9 J- M., 16 years. Eyes brown; hair very curly; fairest one 



in her family; freckled skin 8, 41, 23, 28. 



6, o". L. M., 14 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, prac- 



tically straight; skin 15, 45, 21, 19. 



7, 9 . M. M., 13 years. Eyes dark brown; almost typical dark 



brown negro hair; darkest one in her family; skin 25, 49, 

 13, 13- 



