Subject: Re: Black blood
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:15:13 -0500
From: "R. Norton" <rjnorton@worldnet.att.net>
To: nodebt@bellsouth.net

Definitely not - I must not have worded my message clearly enough.  Sorry.
I meant to say that this was claimed by author J.A. Rogers in the book
entitled "Five Negro President."  I am sorry I was not clear.  All I can
speak for is Lincoln and my books say his ancestry was entirely white.  I do
not have the foggiest idea regarding Rogers' claims on the other Presidents'
ancestries.  My website is on Lincoln only.  Period.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Karl" <prosper@no-debts.com>
To: "R. Norton" <rjnorton@worldnet.att.net>; <nodebt@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: Black blood

> So are you saying then that
>
> 1) Thomas Jefferson
> 2) Andrew Jackson
>
> 4) Warren G. Harding
>
> all had some black blood in their veins?
>
> sincerely,
> gene karl
>
> "R. Norton" wrote:
> >
> > Hello.  The book "Five Negro Presidents" was published in 1965 by the
> > historian J.A. Rogers. Actually only four Presidents of African ancestry
are
> > identified in the
> > book.
> >
> > They are:
> >
> > 1) Thomas Jefferson
> > 2) Andrew Jackson
> > 3) Abraham Lincoln
> > 4) Warren G. Harding
> >
> > The 5th was not named in the book at that time. Even though the evidence
> > was strong, at the time of the writing of the book, it was not
> > conclusive that Eisenhower is/was the fifth one.
> >
> > It is also asserted that Lincoln's Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, was
known
> > to
> > have "black blood" in him. In addition, Alexander Hamilton is said to be
> > the son of a woman, Rachel Fawcett, who had "mixed Blood".
> >
> > However, exhaustive studies by reputable historians and researchers have
> > turned up only white ancestry when it comes to Abraham Lincoln.  The
most
> > thorough book is "The Lineage of Lincoln" by William E. Barton.
Lincoln's
> > genealogy is traced back to England on both maternal (Hanks) and
paternal
> > (Lincoln) sides
> > without a trace of black blood either back in England or here in the
USA.
> >
> > When it comes to Lincoln, rumors really
> > fly.  Over the past 3 years I have been asked if he was black, if he was
> > Jewish, if he was illegitimate, if he was really born in North Carolina,
if
> > he owned slaves, if he had two wives, if he was homesexual, if he was
blind
> > in one eye, etc.  It's
> > absolutely amazing what's out there.  Absolutely none of these rumors
are
> > substantiated by quality research!
> >
> > I hope this helps a little.
> > Sincerely,
> > Roger Norton
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gene Karl" <prosper@no-debts.com>
> > To: <rjnorton@worldnet.att.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 12:55 AM
> > Subject: hello
> >
> > > Do you have any information of the claims that
> > > Abe was either 1/16th or 1/8 black and Nancy Hanks
> > > was either 1/8th or 1/4th black?
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > gene karl
> > >
>