Interracial slave couple

Description:The couple had three children, eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. The interracial marriage sparked a furor among both the apartheid government of South Africa and the tribal elders. Schuyler was a journalist, satirist, author and editor. They shared their enthusiasm for jazz and eventually romance ensued and they were married a year later, in Hundreds turned out for his funeral and a memorial concert which was held to raise money for his widow and his two children, Hiawatha and Gwendoline, who would both go on to have musical careers.

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