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    1. [Campbell] PLEASE NOTE THIS DID HAPPEN IN THE SAME COUNTY THAT OUR CAMPBELLS LEFT
    2. IN 1753, OH yes MAYBE IT was A Coinceidence, Then again MAYBE it was not. BUT Just Because There is one DOUBTER Does not SHOW that My Theroy is all wrong, Espicely Since the PATERN of, Rejecting MIXED Race cohabitation Still excistd in Caroline County in 1967. THE BELOW STATEMENT is on The Caroline County Virginia Records. THAT IS A Fact not CUZ AT's IMIGINATION. CUZ AT Loving Mildred Delores Jeter Loving (July 22, 1939 – May 2, 2008) and her husband Richard Perry Loving (October 29, 1933 – June 29, 1975) were _plaintiffs_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintiff) in the landmark _U.S. Supreme Court_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) case _Loving v. Virginia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia) (1967). The Lovings were an _interracial married couple_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interracial_marriage) who were _criminally_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law) charged under a _Virginia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia) statute banning such marriages. With the help of the _American Civil Liberties Union_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union) (ACLU), the Lovings filed _suit_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit) seeking to overturn the law. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, striking down the Virginia statute and all _state_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_law) _anti-miscegenation laws_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws) as _unconstitutional_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutionality) violations of the _Fourteenth Amendment_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Consti tution) ._[1]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_and_Richard_Loving#cite_note-0)

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