Colonial law banishes those in interracial marriages
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- Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference pp. 272-275 · open book
In 1691 , a law required banishment from the colony of a white man or woman, of any status, who married "a negroe, mulatto or Indian man or woman bond or free." Within the colony, free people of African descent were denied political participation.