According to the "one-drop rule"
a. anyone who spilled one drop of a white person's blood would be executed.
b. anyone who had one drop of american indian blood would be considered american indian, if desired.
c. anyone with one known black ancestor was deemed black, regardless of the number or proportion of non-black ancestors.
d. any child of the union of a white and a non-white person would be deemed a member of the non-white parent's race.