[Ads-l] Antedating of "Of Color"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Feb 18 15:28:38 UTC 2024
of color (OED 1786)
1778 _Connecticut Journal_ 10 June 1 / 2 (America's Historical Newspapers) [quoting _Granada Gazette_, 21 Feb, 1778]
All people of colour, whether free or slaves, [were] ordered, under the severest penalties, to remain at their respective homes.
Fred Shapiro
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