Children can never be upbraided with their having had a felon for a father: whereas the descendants of a white person, married to a black one, would, for many generations, by their complexion, proclaim their origin. Accordingly, though many mulattoes and people of color have obtained wealth, I remember no instance, in any European colony, of their having obtained rank.

"A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution" (London, Robinson, 1797)