I looked at people born in the 1700s who lived in what is now the eastern US and didn't divide them beyond that.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=Daphne&middlename=&lastname=&birthyear=1800&birthyearfilter=before&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=&locationId=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r&plot=&page=1#sr-183048603
Some were slaves. It doesn't appear that they all were (there's a photo of an adult child for two of them, and both appear white; a different one has a father who graduated from Yale in 1777).
This message was edited 4/22/2024, 6:37 AM