United States Census, Slave Schedule, 1850 - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Known Issues
NOTE: For a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection or how to find missing images elsewhere, see Article 56000, Using Film Notes in the Catalog to determine the content of a final browse point in Historical Records.

Question #1: Some record detail pages lists the Slave’s Race (Original) “M” is “Mexican”. What is the correct race? Answer #1: Since there is no record of Mexican slaves in Texas, we can deduce that “M” is for Mulatto.

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