Subject: [History] Shades of Color (17-18th century definitions)

Article:

In the 17th and 18th century slaves were classified according to color: [Mulattoes] ...offspring from a white man and black woman. [Samboe] ...offspring from a mulatto man and black woman. [Quadroon] ...ofspring from a white man and a mulatto woman. [Maesti] ...offspring from a white man and a quadroon woman. Note that the shade of color were the result of the union of a white male and a 'colored' slave female. Any white female and a black slave union would always result in the death of the black slave male. -----


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