It explores the lives of free whites, and enslaved mixed-race and black Americans resident at a Louisiana plantation called Terrebonne. It sparked debates about the abolition of slavery and the role of theatre in politics. It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama.

In the colonial societies of the Americas and Australia, a quadroon or quarteron (in the United Kingdom, the term quarter-caste is used) was a person with one-quarter African / Aboriginal and three-quarters European ancestry.

The word octoroon is based on quadroon, and rooted in the Latin octo, which means eight. Quadroon was used to designate a person of one-quarter African/Aboriginal ancestry, that is one biracial parent (African/Aboriginal and Caucasian) and one Caucasian parent; in other words, one African/Aboriginal grandparent and three Caucasian grandparents.

THE OCTOROON. ACT I. Scene I.—A view of the Plantation Terrebonne, in Louisiana.—A branch of the Mississippi is seen winding through the Estate.—A low built, but extensive Planter's Dwelling, surrounded with a veranda, and raised a few feet from the ground, occupies the L. side.— A table and chairs, R. C. Grace discovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children.

2014年9月9日 · Though it would hardly seem likely at first glance, this pallid image of slavery directly addresses the condition of black bondage. To all appearances, the young woman seen here represents a white...

2021年4月20日 · During the throes of slavery times in the U.S., white meant you were free and black meant you were slave. Some states had the one drop rule, but others had a sliding scale of blood quantum. Mulatto meant half black, quadroon meant quarter black, octoroon meant one eighth black and hexadecaroon meant 1/16th black.

2013年5月5日 · Set on a Louisiana plantation in the 1850s, Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama exploring Abolition and the role of theatre in politics. The Octoroon, Dion Boucicault's 1859 melodrama, sparked...

What does the noun octoroon mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun octoroon. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. octoroon is considered offensive. How common is the noun octoroon? About 0.05 occurrences per million words in modern written English. How is the noun octoroon pronounced?

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An Octoroon is a play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault 's The Octoroon, which premiered in 1859. Jacobs-Jenkins reframes Boucicault's play using its original characters and plot, speaking much of Boucicault's dialogue, and critiques its portrayal of race using Brechtian devices. [1] .