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Census
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Updated:
15 Nov 2018
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Gabriela Smith
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1790 "Free whites" "All other free persons" "Slaves"
1820 + "Free colored persons"
1850 + "Mulatto"
1890 + "Quadroon" + "Octoroon"
1900 - "Colored" + "Negro"
1930 Instructions = one-drop classification
1960 Enumerators to self-report
1980 +"Some other race"
1997 MOOM decision
2000 MOOM +"African American"
2013 -"Negro" decision
2020 -"Negro"
1790 First US Census
Periods
1850 - 1890 "Mulatto"
1910 - 1920 "Mulatto"
1980 - 1990 If marked more than one, defer to mother's race
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