Sexual relationships between enslaved women and their masters produced not only 'mixed race' offspring but also sons and daughters.Yet the system of racial classification assigned the offspring of these unions to the race of the mother.This situation speaks to the importance of ____________ in determining race.

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The situation described highlights the role of context in determining racial classification. Despite the mixed racial ancestry of these offspring, they were assigned to the race of their enslaved mother due to the context of slavery and the social and legal norms of the time.

Sexual Relationships Between Enslaved Women and Their Masters Produced Not