Definition of Quadroons. Meaning of Quadroons. Synonyms of Quadroons

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Definition of Quadroons

Quadroon
Quadroon Quad*roon", n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See Quarter a fourth part, and cf. Quarteron.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]

Meaning of Quadroons from wikipedia

- racial groups, some terms for quadroons were morisco or chino, see casta. Terceroon was a term synonymous with quadroon, derived from being three generations...
- "The Quadroons" is a short story written by American writer Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) and published in The Liberty Bell in 1842. The influential short...
- socially refined quadroons were prohibited from marrying white men and were unlikely to find Black men of their own status. A quadroon's mother usually...
- introduced the stock character for the first time in her short story "The Quadroons", using it again the following year in the short story "Slavery's Pleasant...
- woman of mixed European and African ancestry would attend dances known as "quadroon balls" to meet white gentlemen willing to provide for her and any children...
- were married in Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1798, and were classified as quadroons, having one-fourth either African or Native American ancestry. Though...
- enslaved black mothers bore mixed-race children who were deemed "mulattos", "quadroons", "octoroons", or "hexadecaroons" based on their percentage of "black...
- Coloured, Dougla, half-caste, ʻafakasi, mulatto, mestizo, mutt, Melungeon, quadroon, octoroon, griffe, sacatra, sambo/zambo, Eurasian, hapa, hāfu, Garifuna...
- Free woman of color with her quadroon daughter; late 18th century collage painting, New Orleans...
- Mixed Dominicans, also referred to as mulatto, mestizo or historically quadroon, are Dominicans who are of mixed racial ancestry. Dominican Republic has...