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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