Note 1345 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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In Georgia and Florida a person of color is one who has one-eighth negro or African blood in his veins: Code of Ga. (1882), 356; cf. ibid. (1896), II, 4, 224; Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 681, 111.