Parsons speaks of a
case at Charleston, S.C., in 1714, of a white woman who gave
birth to twins, one a mulatto and the other white. She confessed
that after her husband left her a negro servant came to her and
forced her to comply with his wishes by threatening her life.
Smellie mentions the case of a black woman who had twins, one
child black and the other almost white. She confessed having had
intercourse with a white overseer immediately after her husband
left her bed. Dewees reports a similar case. Newlin of Nashville
speaks of a negress who bore twins, one distinctly black with the
typical African features, while the other was a pretty mulatto
exhibiting the distinct characters of the Caucasian race. Both
the parents were perfect types of the black African negro. The
mother, on being questioned, frankly acknowledged that shortly
after being with her husband she had lain a night with a white
man. In this case each child had its own distinct cord and
placenta.
Archer gives facts illustrating and observations showing: "that a
white woman, by intercourse with a white man and negro, may
conceive twins, one of which shall be white and the other a
mulatto; and that, vice versa, a black woman, by intercourse with
a negro and a white man, may conceive twins, one of which shall
be a negro and the other a mulatto.
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