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NEGRO Definition & Legal Meaning

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The word “negro” meaus a black mau, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix v. State, 18 Ala. 720. But the laws of the different states are not uniform iu this respect, some including in the de- scription “negro” one who has one-eighth or more of African blood.

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