Definition of Quadroon. Meaning of Quadroon. Synonyms of Quadroon

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Quadroon. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Quadroon and, of course, Quadroon synonyms and on the right images related to the word Quadroon.

Definition of Quadroon

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 Quadroon from wikipedia

- In the colonial societies of the Americas and Australia, a quadroon or quarteron (in the United Kingdom, the term quarter-caste is used) was a person with...
- "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...
- formalized form of plaçage as well as the famous quadroon balls to New Orleans. Monique Guillory writes about quadroon balls that took place in New Orleans, the...
- both European and African ancestries, many can be considered Mulatto, Quadroon, or Tri-racial, smaller numbers of other Brazilians –especially those who...
- 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...
- Louisiana Creole Indian South Africans Baster Mixed-race One-drop rule P****ing Quadroon Redbone Sambo Dalzell, Tom (2009). The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American...
- painting depicts a black grandmother, mulatta mother, white father and their quadroon child, hence three generations of racial hypergamy through whitening....
- painting depicts a black grandmother, mulata mother, white father and their quadroon child, hence three generations of racial hypergamy though whitening....
- po****tions of mixed racial origin (including Mulatto-Creole, Dougla, Mestizo, Quadroon, Cholo, Castizo, Criollo, Zambo, Pardo, Asian Latin Americans, Chindian...
- Melezi, Coloured, Dougla, half-caste, ʻafakasi, mestizo, mutt, Melungeon, quadroon, octoroon, sambo/zambo, Eurasian, hapa, hāfu, Garifuna, pardo, and Gurans...