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The 1893 Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Yellow Face” depicts an interracial relationship and a mixed-race child with what seems like astonishing open-mindedness for the time period. What was the reaction to this when it was published?

by /u/Rob-With-One-B in /r/AskHistorians

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