Octoroon

An octoroon or mustee is the offspring of a quadroon and a European parent, having ancestry that is one-eighth Negroid. This term is considered obsolete and is no longer in general use.

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This was part of a race classification used in the Spanish and French colonies in the New World, and to some extent also used in the Southern United States in the 19th century. Octoroons were considered "colored" and often subject to slavery in the colonial era, but sometimes given more privileges than slaves with a greater degree of African ancestry. The child of an octoroon and a white person was referred to as a quintroon. Homer Plessy was a famous octoroon.

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Quadroon: Quadroon is a term derived from the Spanish language word cuarter?n, from cuarto, "quarter", from Latin quartus. It refers to a person with 3 European grandparents and one African; being 1/4 "black" ancestry. This term is considered obsolete and is no longer in general use....

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Negroid: Negroid describes the racial classification of humans indigenous to Africa, where they predominate throughout virtually all regions of the continent. The term applies to one of a varying number of races defined by various racial theories. The word itself is derived from Negro, which in turn origina...