South Carolina: Everybody is a Slave
De Mulato y Mestisa produce Mulato, es Tornaatrás(From Mulato man and Mestizo woman, Mulato boy)
South Carolina Slave Code: Provided that in any action or suit to be brought in pursuance of the direction of this act the burthen of the proof shall lay upon the plaintiff, and it shall be always presumed, that every negro, Indian, mulato, and mestizo, is a slave unless the contrary can be made appear (the Indians in amity with this government excepted) in which case the burden of the proof shall lie on the defendant.
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