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Octoroon facts for kids

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Octoroon is a word that was used in slave societies in the Americas to describe some mixed-race people. It meant someone who was 7/8 white and 1/8 black.

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  • Guillaume Guillon Lethière by Julien-Léopold Boilly

    Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was the son of a Frenchman and a mulâtresse (female mulatto) from Guadeloupe.

  • Castas 05morisca max

    De español y mulata: morisca. Painting; 1763 by Miguel Cabrera, México.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cuarterón de mulato para niños

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