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To: Fledermaus

Info: The “Yellow Rose” of Texas was a name for a female mulatto.

6 posted on 08/21/2014 11:26:57 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")

To: Don Corleone

some say high yellow.......

she occupied Santa Anna in his tent. When Sam Houston attacked at San Jacinto she insured Santa Anna had his pants down

She is the metaphor for victory ...... the yellow rose of Texas

20 posted on 08/21/2014 11:45:19 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)

To: Don Corleone

The “Yellow Rose” of Texas was a name for a female mulatto.

Was she actually mulatto? IIRC correctly, Emily Morgan was either an octoroon or a quadroon.

33 posted on 08/21/2014 12:13:11 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)

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