mulattoes
People of dual ancestry
Mulattoes is the plural of mulatto, an offensive term for a person of mixed white and Black ancestry.
The word was once common in legal and social classification systems, particularly in the Americas: A Virginia census from 1850 listed her as a mulatto.
Today the term is considered derogatory and has largely been replaced by "biracial" or "multiracial."
Of multiple ancestries
- biracialHaving two racial ancestries
- octoroonOne-eighth Black person
- miscegenationCross-racial intimate relations
- antebellumBefore a war's start
plantation · slavery · emancipation · one-drop rule · casta · racial hierarchy · manumission · maroon
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
- self-identityOne's sense of oneself
cultural identity · racial identity · genealogy · roots · lineage · complexion · belonging · code-switching
Fused language, stabilized
- octoroonOne-eighth Black person
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- EurasianOf two connected continents
- DouglasType of conifer
marabou · colored · half-caste · mixed-blood · Afro-European
Large-scale farming operation
- slaveryOwnership of people
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
- sugar caneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
cotton · servitude · British colonies · French colonies · triangular trade · Caribbean · manumission · overseer
mixed-race
Of multiple ancestries
- biracialHaving two racial ancestries
- octoroonOne-eighth Black person
- miscegenationCross-racial intimate relations
antebellum · plantation · slavery · emancipation · one-drop rule · casta · racial hierarchy · manumission · maroon · Jim Crow
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- multiracialOf multiple ethnicities
self-identity · cultural identity · racial identity · genealogy · roots · lineage · complexion · belonging · code-switching · passing
Creole
Fused language, stabilized
- octoroonOne-eighth Black person
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- EurasianOf two connected continents
Douglas · marabou · colored · half-caste · mixed-blood · Afro-European
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- slaveryOwnership of people
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
- sugar caneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
tobacco · cotton · servitude · British colonies · French colonies · triangular trade · Caribbean · manumission · overseer · planter class
- Antebellum Southplantation, cotton kingdom, overseer, slave quarters, big house
- Colonial BrazilBrazil, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo
- Colonial Cubaindependence movement, Spanish colonialism, colonial rule, Cuban rebels, independence struggle
mulattoespurebloods
Those of unmixed descent
full-blooded · unmixed · whites · blacks · Caucasians