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Definition of Quadroons
1. quadroon [n] - See also: quadroon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadroons
Literary usage of Quadroons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"One man, within a mile of Montgomery, had either three out of five or five out
of seven cows killed. The quadroons of Louisiana Shreveport Southwestern, ..."
2. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Marriage of Whites with quadroons. — St. Charles Theater. — English Pronunciation.
— Duelist's Grave. — Ladies' Ordinary. — Procession of Fire Companies. ..."
3. Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Milton Trollope (1832)
"New-Orleans — Society — Creoles and quadroons — Voyage up the Mississippi.
ON first touching the soil of a new land, of a new -continent, of a new world, ..."
4. Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Milton Trollope (1901)
"New Orleans—Society—Creoles and quadroons— Voyage up the Mississippi. ON first
touching the soil of a new land, of a new continent, of a new world, ..."
5. The South-west by Joseph Holt Ingraham (1835)
"Saddle horses and accoutrements—Banks—Granite—Church- members—French mode of
dressing—quadroons—Gay scene and groups in the streets—Sabbath evening—Duelling ..."
6. Fiji and the Fijians by Thomas Williams, James Calvert (1858)
"this class is intermarrying; and hence will arise a considerable race of quadroons,
who, with their parents and ..."
7. The Memories of Fifty Years: Containing Brief Biographical Notices of by William Henry Sparks (1872)
"... ARBITRATION — A RUSTIC BALL — OLD-FASHIONED WEDDINGS—CREOLES AND quadroons
THE PLANTER — NEGRO SERVANTS — GAULS AND ANGLO-NORMANS—ANTAGONISM OF RACES. ..."
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