This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TS.2ADE/1743 Message Board Post: My book, Mobile, Alabama's People of Color: A Tricentennial History, 1702-2002, was recently released. The Introduction and many of the entries provide information about a number of persons of color who came to Mobile after 1702, including descendants of Nicholas Bodin and others who have listed enquiries and with whom I have had past conversations through this site.