In a message dated 4/28/01 5:29:58 PM, KDale60909@aol.com writes: << > This is because the terms used in the records at that time were "negro, > slave, servant, etc.. Not "African-American". I And sometimes mulatto or colored. Or maroon or octaroon >> Yes, those terms too, but not "African American". Something made up in the last few decades by the likes of"shake - down" Jesse Jackson. I suppose he'll be spending some time in the pokey soon, judging by what I read in the paper today.