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Question:like in the time when black people were slaves to the white what were to happen if a white born boy/girl were born into a black family


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: like in the time when black people were slaves to the white what were to happen if a white born boy/girl were born into a black family

He would still be a slave. The slave owner may bring him to the main house to serve, but unless the slave owner personally fathered him and had a conscience, he didn't free the child. After the Civil War, anyone who was not at least 9/10ths white was still considered "colored" and had second-class citizenship.

Your question makes no sense.

How would that happen? Read the book-Jip. Then you'll see.

He probably had a white father. I'm sure they loved him.

The light skinned blacks were usually picked to do the work in and around the house of the masters