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There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.

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Alex Haley
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 11
Died: 1992
Died: February 10
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New York
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
Alexander M. P. Haley
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