Actually, these tri-racial people were not the descendents of slaves, but of free blacks. Many folks do not know that the first blacks were treated as indentured servants and released; one even imported white indentured servants from Europe. It took most of a century to evolve our "peculiar institution" of chattel slavery. At first, "slaves" could be white, black, or Indian, and could be released after a term of servitude. Roy Johnson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 12:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PACE] tri-racial Paces I missed the earlier posts .... however, no big surprise for me. My Dad used to tell me how many slaves in the south would take on the last name of their "owners" if they were treated very well . Besides that, we are really all one anyway. In a message dated 10/17/2008 9:42:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am surprised that there were no responses to my previous posts about the tri-racial group in the upper south which included Paces. Since members of this group were classified variously as white, mulatto, or FPC (free person of color). Some of our non-matching Paces could come from this group, many of whom were so light skinned that they could easily pass into the white world and pass their name on. **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1732 - Release Date: 10/18/2008 6:01 PM