His race was listed as “Mu” which was the abbreviation
for “mulatto”. The term mulatto was
officially used as a racial designation on the United States census from 1850 to 1930.
By definition, at least in this country, a mulatto is a person
who has a White and a Black parent.
Creole
Cre·ole ?kr???l/Submit noun noun: Creole; plural
noun: Creoles; noun: creole; plural noun: creoles 1. a person of mixed European
and black descent, especially in the Caribbean. a descendant of Spanish
or other European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America. a white descendant of
French settlers in Louisiana and other parts of the southern US. 2. a mother tongue formed
from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage. "a Portuguese-based Creole" adjective adjective: Creole; adjective:
creole 1. relating to a Creole
or Creoles. Origin from French créole,
criole, from Spanish criollo, probably from Portuguese crioulo ‘black person
born in Brazil, home-born slave,’ from criar ‘to breed,’
from Latin creare ‘produce, create.’
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