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alogy. His paternal grandfather was born in Af. 
rica, and married a native Indian of this country, 
His father married a Mulatto, born of an African 
father and an Irish mother, His maternal grand- 
father was born in Africa. 
He was first sensible of a change of colour in 
his skin in February 1792. It commenced at the 
roots of his finger nails, extended to the first joints, 
and went no further at the time. Two months af- 
terwards the back of his neck underwent the same 
change, which proceeded along the body, and gra- 
dually descended to most parts usually covered by 
his clothes. The progress was slow in the first, but 
more rapid in the ensuing years. The alteration 
was made chiefly in summer or warm weather ; 
and could not be seen to make any progress in the 
cold months. He says, he came to this city on the 
26th of July: and that the remains of African 
complexion on his face and hands has sensibly dimi- 
nished since his arrival, This account is confirmed 
by Stephen Paschal and others, who saw him twice, 
at an interval of thirteen days, in which time the dif- 
ference was abundantly manifest. He was this 
morning shaved by a barber; and says, that he 
felt no obstruction to the razor, when it passed over 
the white to the black part of his face, or on its re. 
turn, which must have been experienced if these 
had been separated by any discontinuity of the skin. 
Since the change of complexion took place, he 
