Category:White person

White person.

Defn: a person of the caucasian race (6 fed. Rep. 256). In the time Of slavery in the united states white person was generally construed As a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutes And decisions in different states since 1865 white person is Construed as in effect: one not having any negro blood (ark., Okla.); One having less than one eighth of negro blood (ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ky., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.c., S.c., Tenn., Tex.); one Having less than one fourth (mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having less Than one half (ohio).