What was the one-drop rule

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Sooth · Answer 1 · 2017-05-08T08:47:10+0000

The one-drop rule is a sociological and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood) is considered to be black (Negro in historical terms)

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