In 1806 a lawsuit occurred in Virginia that resulted in the freedom of Jackey Wright and her children. Wright's case hung on partus sequitur ventrem—a legal rule that states a mother's status determines that of their children. HUDGINS v. WRIGHT Wright's claim is that her mother and grandmother were Native American. In Virginia, the […]

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