Sexual Relations Between Whites and Blacks in Colonial Virginia Were

question 37

Multiple Choice

Sexual relations between whites and blacks in colonial Virginia were __________.

• A) common, producing many mulattoes
• B) illegal and rare
• C) encouraged by colonial officials
• D) never made illegal during the colonial period

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