[Ads-l] Antedating of "Of Color"

[Shapiro, Fred]

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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