In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown's Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
Correct answer: A. She is one-quarter Black.
- A. She is one-quarter Black.
- B. She is one-eighth Black.
- C. She is White.
- D. She cannot be a slave.
Explanation
Quadroon was a historical racial term for a person with one Black grandparent, meaning one-quarter Black ancestry. It did not imply freedom, so a quadroon could still be enslaved under American slave law.
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