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List of Surnames of Mixed Race Virginia Families Trying to Pass as "Indian" or White
Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 124, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01770
Content Description
A list of names, separated by Virginia counties and cities, of families identified as attempting to "pass." This list was likely compiled by the law firm established by Senator Robert Opie Norris, Jr. around 1904, or its successor firm, Clarke and Clarke. The list has notes next to some names providing alternate spellings, and in the case of the Beverly family from Amherst, a longer statement about the methods they used to "evade the situation." The full official title typed on the document ...
Dates:
1920s
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center