[Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Segregation" (Racial)

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use for "segregation" meaning racial segregation is quite late.  Below is an antedating.  This citation refers to racial segregation in India rather than the United States.24 June 2/4 (New


1842 Morning Chronicle (London) 24 June 2/4 (Newspapers.com)

He trusted not only to isolation of states but to segregation of races.


Fred Shapiro



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