Where there any interracial relationships during the time of slavery?

I have to do a page report on the civil war (U.S). The twist is that I can write it on any topic that relates to the civil war (before, during, after). So I was wondering if there was any case of a black and white relationship during this time. I'm not pinning my report on this, but it'd be nice.Where there any interracial relationships during the time of slavery?
Yes quite a few.. not only the cases with white men and slave women that everyone keeps referring to, but also with black free men/women and others. Note it was dangerous though as it could be used against you and in many areas was illegal.





An example would be Sally Hemming. Not only is there the strong possibility of her relationship with Thomas Jefferson (including him possibly being the father of her children, and at least one of her children has been shown of the Jefferson bloodline) but also the fact that she was the half sister of Jefferson's late wife. (Hemming was 3/4's white.)Where there any interracial relationships during the time of slavery?
According to history, yes...there were relationships between black and white, but mostly, it was white male slave owners who had relations with their black slave women. I'm sure there were other relationships, but were not talked about and were hidden because of being disowned and ridiculed by family and others. I know it was just a movie, but the mini series, ';North and South'; featuring Patrick Swayze had his friend's sister (a northern white lady), marrying a black ex-slave.
Slave women were routinely raped by their ';owners';.


Any other ';relationship'; between people of different races was illegal.


And it remained so until 1967





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._V鈥?/a>





Look up miscegenation
I lot of female slaves were raped by white men, and also their masters would offer them preferential treatment for sexual favors. I'm sure there were some uplifting stories of true love but I can't think of any right now.
A lot of high yellows came from white men with female slaves.
If you've ever seen roots the answer would be yes.