The strange history of the American quadroon : free women of color in the revolutionary Atlantic world /
Clark, Emily,1954-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
Evolution of a color term and an American city's alienation -- The Philadelphia quadroon -- From Ménagère to Placée -- Con otros muchos : marriage -- Bachelor patriarchs : life partnerships across the color line -- Making up the quadroon -- Selling the quadroon -- Reimagining the quadroon.
Racially mixed women
Sex symbolism.