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The most solid evidence, according to Dabney, is that there were mulattoes at Monticello and some were related to Jefferson�but were fathered by Jefferson's father-in-law John Wayles and two nephews.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U. S. Census counts 20% of Negroes as mulattoes.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the one side are the prosperous and well-educated blacks and mulattoes with clipped British accents and comfortable homes in places like the Blue Mountains overlooking Kingston.

From Time Magazine Archive

The leader in Jamaica and possibly of the entire Caribbean, if the blacks and mulattoes ever decide to work in harmony, is Norman Washington Manley, K.C.,

From Time Magazine Archive

I am going to pray to St. Martin de Porres, the patron saint of mulattoes, for our cause in the factory.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole