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- From: smith@panther.adelphi.edu (Jim Smith)
- Newsgroups: talk.rumors
- Subject: Abraham Lincoln!
- Summary: Was Mr. Lincoln of "mixed" racial heritage?
- Keywords: Abe Lincoln nanny
- Message-ID: <smith.26@panther.adelphi.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 15:02:40 GMT
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- An associate has been doing research for a report on Abraham Lincoln for his
- African American Studies class. He mentioned over lunch yesterday that he
- had heard a story that, as a child, Abe had an African woman as a nanny who
- raised him. And that this woman was _really_ his natural mother!
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- I grew up in Illinois and my first reaction was one of ethnocentric
- disbelief: Gee wiz, I didn't think they had room for a nanny in a one room
- log cabin!
-
- But then I thought I'd ask the net:
- Have you ever heard of this? Is it true? Was Mr. Lincoln of "mixed" racial
- heritage?
-
- My thanks to all,
- Jim
- Smith1@panther.adelphi.edu
-