▁P to le my ▁XIII ▁as ▁her ▁father , ▁who ▁was ▁actually ▁P to le my ▁XII , ▁and ▁naming ▁P to le my ▁XI ▁as ▁P to le my ▁XII ' s ▁father ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁P to le my ▁IX ), ▁using ▁as ▁his ▁main ▁sources ▁a ▁mis inter pret ation ▁of ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁" Ant ony ▁and ▁Cle op atra " ▁( written ▁over ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁years ▁after ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁death ) ▁and ▁f als ely ▁cit ing ▁Encyclopedia ▁Britannica ▁( when ▁in ▁fact ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁then ▁or ▁ever ▁claim ▁Cle op atra ▁was ▁black ), ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁pres umption ▁Cle op atra ' s ▁pat ernal ▁grand m other ▁was ▁a ▁black ▁African ▁slave ▁is ▁" based ▁in ▁the ▁more ▁recent ▁past ." ▁She ▁further ▁str esses ▁sla very ▁in ▁ancient ▁times ▁was ▁very ▁different ▁from ▁ ▁modern ▁black ▁ch att el ▁sla very , ▁as ▁slaves ▁were ▁not ▁taken ▁based ▁on ▁skin ▁color ▁but ▁were ▁in ▁actual ity ▁mostly ▁war ▁capt ives , ▁largely ▁including ▁Gree ks , ▁and ▁notes ▁Roger ' s ▁claim ▁of ▁a ▁black ▁grand m other ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁practices ▁by ▁slave ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁The ▁black ▁Cle op atra ▁claim , ▁Le f kow itz ▁continues , ▁was ▁further ▁rev ived ▁in ▁an ▁ess ay ▁written ▁by ▁af ro cent rist ▁John ▁Hen rik ▁Clar ke , ▁chair ▁of ▁African ▁history ▁at ▁Hunter ▁College