Names for people of mixed blood—part Negro:
MULATTO | 528 |
NR | 211 |
HIGH YELLOW | 110 |
HALF-BREED | 96 |
OCTOROON | 29 |
NH | 27 |
QUADROON | 27 |
MIXED BREED | 20 |
CREOLE | 18 |
HALF-WHITE | 11 |
MIXED BLOOD | 11 |
YELLOW | 11 |
NEGRO | 10 |
PART WHITE | 10 |
NIGGER | 8 |
MIXED | 6 |
YELLOW NIGGER | 6 |
COLORED | 4 |
HALF-AND-HALF | 4 |
HALF-NIGGER | 4 |
PART NEGRO | 4 |
HIGH BROWN | 3 |
PART COLORED | 3 |
BLUE | 2 |
BRASS ANKLE | 2 |
CROSS-BREED | 2 |
HALF-BLACK | 2 |
HALF-NEGRO | 2 |
HIGH YALLA | 2 |
MIX-BREED | 2 |
MIXTURE | 2 |
YELLOW MAN | 2 |
ALBINO | 1 |
BASTARD | 1 |
BLACK ANKLE | 1 |
BOOGALEE | 1 |
BROWN-SKIN GAL | 1 |
BROWN-SKINNED | 1 |
CHEESE | 1 |
CHOCOLATE | 1 |
COAL | 1 |
COLORED PEOPLE | 1 |
CREEK FREEDMAN | 1 |
CROATAN | 1 |
DEAD BLACK | 1 |
FREE ISSUE | 1 |
FRENCH MULATTO | 1 |
GINGER CAKE | 1 |
GOT BLACK BLOOD | 1 |
GOT SOME NEGRO BLOOD | 1 |
GOT SOME NIGGER BLOOD IN HIM | 1 |
HAD WHITE NEIGHBORS | 1 |
HALF-BLOOD | 1 |
HALF-CASTE | 1 |
HALF-WHITE AND HALF-COLORED | 1 |
HAS CHOCOLATE IN HIS BLOOD | 1 |
HAVE COLORED BLOOD | 1 |
HE’S GOT A STRIPE IN HIM | 1 |
HIGH YELLA | 1 |
JACKSON WHITE | 1 |
LIGHT | 1 |
LIGHT BROWN | 1 |
LIGHT ONE | 1 |
LIGHT SKIN | 1 |
LIGHT TAN | 1 |
LIGHT-COLORED | 1 |
LIGHT-SKINNED NEGRO | 1 |
LOOKS LIKE HER MOTHER WAS CHASED BY A COLORED MAN | 1 |
LOOKS LIKE HE’S WHITE | 1 |
MARLBORO BLUE | 1 |
MESTIZO | 1 |
MIXED PEOPLE | 1 |
MIXED RACE | 1 |
MIXTURE OF SOMETHING | 1 |
MIX-UP | 1 |
MOOR | 1 |
MUCHIN | 1 |
MULATTO NEGRO | 1 |
NEGROID | 1 |
OFF-WHITE | 1 |
PART NIGGER | 1 |
PEP | 1 |
PINK | 1 |
RED | 1 |
RED-BONE | 1 |
SABINE | 1 |
SHINE | 1 |
SUMMERVILLE INDIANS | 1 |
TARHEEL | 1 |
TOUCH OF THE TAR BRUSH | 1 |
WESAW | 1 |
WHITE NIGGER | 1 |
YELLER ONE | 1 |
YELLOW NEGRO | 1 |
YELLOW PEOPLE | 1 |
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