The Evolution of the Term Mulatto: A Chapter in Black-Native American Relations.

Forbes, Jack O.

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ERIC Number: EJ266562

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982

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The Evolution of the Term Mulatto: A Chapter in Black-Native American Relations.

Forbes, Jack O.

Journal of Ethnic Studies, v10 n2 p45-66 Sum 1982

Traces the different social, ethnic, and racial connotations of the word "mulatto" since the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Stresses the fact that in Spanish America, the word more often referred to individuals of Black and American Indian admixture than to those of Black and White (Spanish) admixture. (GC)

Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Definitions, Latin American History, Multiracial Persons, North American History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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