Stevette Watkins answers “What does the term "yellow wife" mean,...”

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What does the term "yellow wife" mean, exactly?

Stevette Watkins I think the “wife” parts come from the fact that the mulatto women were the slave dealers’ means of obtaining some semblance of a family life. Remembe…moreI think the “wife” parts come from the fact that the mulatto women were the slave dealers’ means of obtaining some semblance of a family life. Remember when Pheby was told that no respectable man of means would marry their daughters off to them… that they were considered the pariahs of men because of their trade. (less)

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