Assertion: mulatto | /r/CapableOf | arrive on the census
Facets:
value: as a way
type: MANNER
value: as an acknowledgement
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In short, “mulatto” arrived on the census as the stalking horse for polygenist racial science, as a way for opponents of slavery to learn more about blacks, as one piece of the statisticians’ omnivorous quest for knowledge, as the lesser of many evils to southern politicians, as an acknowledgement of increasing racial mixture and the distinctive economic and social position of many mulattoes, as a chip in the battle over Congressional control of executive agencies, and as an element of partisan contestation.