User:Mike DeSain13/Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States

Colonial Era
Miscegenation in the United States dates all the way back to the early 1600's. So what exactly is miscegenation? It all started in 1864, on the busy streets of New York. An anonymous author created pamphlets that explained the blending of races, mostly pointed at a white man and a negro. This interracial mixing was labeled as Miscegenation .But this was not the first instance of miscegenation, it just wasn't previously labeled. It all really began with two well known historic figures, John Rolfe and Pocahontas. These two were married in 1614 and it was recorded as the 1st interracial marriage in the United States. This would lead to more interracial marriages which led to children, meaning in Colonial Jamestown, the first biracial Americans would be born. Some were White-Black while others were White-Indian and some even Black-Indian. It was stated that between 60,000 and 120,000 of the residents that lived in the colonies were of mixed heritage.