Dumas, whose father was a General in the French Army, is a Mulatto; Soulie, a Quadroon. He went from New-Orleans, where, though to the eye a white man, yet, as known to have African blood in his veins, he could never have enjoyed the privileges due to a human being. A Mulatto is a person who has one white parent and one black parent; what, then, is a Quadroon ?
Correct answer: D. A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto
- A. A person who has two black parents.
- B. A person who has one Meranto parent and one black.
- C. A person who has two Delfigo parents.
- D. A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto
Explanation
A quadroon was traditionally defined in nineteenth-century racial terminology as a person with one white parent and one parent who was a mulatto, giving one-quarter African ancestry. The term is now obsolete and considered offensive, but this is the historical definition used in the passage.
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