Quadroon - Wikipedia The term octoroon referred to a person with one-eighth African Aboriginal ancestry; [5] that is, someone with family heritage equivalent to one biracial grandparent; in other words, one African great-grandparent and seven European great-grandparents
Mulatto, Mustee, Quadroon, Octoroon, Terceron, Quintroon and Zambo . . . Quadroon, and the associated words octoroon and quintroon are terms that, historically, were applied to define the ancestry of people of mixed-race, generally of African and Caucasian ancestry, but also, within Australia, to those of Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry
The Octoroon: A Tragic Mulatto Enslaved by 1 Drop As indicated by the inscription on the base of the statue, she is instead an octoroon—that is, an exceptionally light-skinned person of mixed race, technically defined as one-eighth black and the
What is an Octoroon? - ArtsEmerson In An Octoroon, Zoe is given particular preference not only because she is an octoroon, but because she is the biological child of Master Peyton It was not uncommon for white slave owners to free their biological children, sometimes in their wills, as happens in the play
Octoroon - definition of octoroon by The Free Dictionary Define octoroon octoroon synonyms, octoroon pronunciation, octoroon translation, English dictionary definition of octoroon n A person having white ancestors except for one black great-grandparent Used especially as a classification under certain European colonial legal systems
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