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In the colonial societies of the Americas and Australia, a quadroon or quarteron was a person with one quarter African/Aboriginal and three quarters European ancestry. Similar classifications were octoroon for one-eighth black (Latin root octo-, means "eight") and quintroon for one-sixteenth black.

Quadroon - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Historical racial classification "Quarteron" redirects here. For the French kickboxer, see Patrice Quarteron . For the Indonesian political term, see Kadrun . 1763 casta painting by Miguel Cabrera depicting a quadroon In the colonial societies of the Americas and Australia , a Quadroon ( / k w ɑː ˈ d r uː n / kwah- DROON ) or Quarteron ( Quarter-Caste in the United Kingdom and Australia) was a person with one-quarter Sub-Saharan African or Indigenous Australian ancestry, and three-quarters European ancestry. Similar cla

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