Roy I. Rochon Wilson Commentary: Census Taking and Racial Bias

Posted 3/1/13

An event in the 1870 census taking reveals an interesting story. Cecelia Bercier, a Cowlitz woman, is listed with a “W” for white. But an examination of the “W” reveals that it was sloppily …

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