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'''Note''': In [[Kreyòl]] the word blan (lit. ''white'') does not necessary connote skin color, it also means foreigner etc.. | '''Note''': In [[Kreyòl]] the word blan (lit. ''white'') does not necessary connote skin color, it also means foreigner etc.. | ||
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| − | In the context of discussing [[Saint-Domingue]] ''white'' is also often used to mean colonial settler and does not necessarily always primarily refer to the persons skin color. <br | + | In the context of discussing [[Saint-Domingue]] ''white'' is also often used to mean colonial settler and does not necessarily always primarily refer to the persons skin color. <br> |
See also: [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] using the word ''black'' in his [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dessalines#The_Haitian_Constitution_of_1805 1805 Constitution] to refer to all Haitians, including those of European heritage. | See also: [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] using the word ''black'' in his [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dessalines#The_Haitian_Constitution_of_1805 1805 Constitution] to refer to all Haitians, including those of European heritage. | ||
[[Category:Race]] | [[Category:Race]] | ||
Revision as of 05:40, 9 February 2006
During the Revolutionary Period in Saint-Domingue, a person was considered to be white, or blanc, if he had more than 128 white ancestors. In other words, he had no black ancestors in the previous seven generations. Please see the note on the Race page for more on this issue.
Note: In Kreyòl the word blan (lit. white) does not necessary connote skin color, it also means foreigner etc..
In the context of discussing Saint-Domingue white is also often used to mean colonial settler and does not necessarily always primarily refer to the persons skin color.
See also: Jean-Jacques Dessalines using the word black in his 1805 Constitution to refer to all Haitians, including those of European heritage.
Pages in category "Whites"
The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
