10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESTEE»
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mestee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Black and White Manhattan : The History of Racial Formation ...
17 In a final coup de grâce, colonial New York's amended law of slavery
comprehensively defined a slave as “all and every Negro, Indian, Mulatto and
Mestee Bastard Child and Children who is, are, and shal be born of any Negro,
Indian, ...
Irvine Thelma Wills Foote Associate Professor of History and African American Studies University of California, 2004
2
Laws of the State of New Jersey
... or deemed and taken to be free in such county. XXIX. Ann as IT smcmn, That
when any habeas corpus shall be brought Procecdingisinlgxé to remove any
negro, mulatto, mestee, or indian, before the supreme court, out of zig'r'gerlst'
ijimmfi ...
New Jersey, William Paterson, 1800
3
A digest of the laws of New Jersey: Containing also the ...
When any habeas corpus shall be brought to remove any negro, mulatto, mestee,
or indian, before the supreme court, out of the possession or custody of any
person or persons claiming the service of such negro, mulatto, mestee, or indian,
...
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey, New Jersey. Courts, 1838
4
Laws of the Colonial and State Governments, Relating to ...
An act respecting Slave* Hi* tatty, JLnd be it enacted, That whenever any Habeas
Corpus shaii be brought to remove any negro, mulatto, Mestee, or Indian before
the Supreme Court out of the possession or custody of any person or persons ...
5
Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the ...
1706 [to encourage baptism of] negroe, Indian and mulatto slaves; All and every
negro, Indian, mulatto and mestee bastard child . . . who . . . shall be born of any
negro, Indian, mulatto, or mestee, shall follow ye state and Condition of the ...
6
A Twelvemonth's Residence in the West Indies, During the ...
The Mestee — of the Quadroon with the white man. The offspring of the Mestee,
by the white man, is no longer recognised as one of that race, whose complexion
was a prima facie evidence of slavery. The child of the Mestee was therefore ...
Richard Robert Madden, 1835
7
West India customs and manners; containing strictures on the ...
A Sambo is of a sooty dark brown co10ur, with hair or coarse wool, like that of a
negroe, but rather longer; a Mulatto is of a yellow sickly colour, without the least
cincture of rosy bloom; a Mestee is much fairer than a Mulatto, but of a sickly hue;
...
8
West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the ...
A Sambo is of a sooty dark brown colour, with hair or coarse wool, like that of a
negroe, but rather longer; a Mulatto is of a yellow sickly colour, without the least
tincture of rosy bloom; a Mestee is much fairer than a Mulatto, but of a sickly hue;
...
9
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the ...
The hair is black and straight ; the iris dark ; the skin varies according to the tint of
the American parent : as the latter is by no means so dark-coloured as the Negro,
the Mestee is much lighter than the Mulatto." " A Mestizo," says Humboldt, ...
10
The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
The offspring of an European and Indian (American) is named Mestizo (Mestee).
... skin varies according to the tint of the American parent : as the latter is by no
means so dark-coloured as the Negro, the Mestee is much lighter than the
Mulatto.
John William Carleton, 1856
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESTEE»
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Reforming government
The upper stratum of Portuguese and Mestee officers, ruled the lower, of Sinhalese and Tamil aristocrats and gentry. The Dutch Verenigde ... «Ceylon Daily News, Aug 12»
