| Racial Category |
Description |
| Sacatra | 7/8 black; griffe and black;8 thru 23 part white |
| Griffe |
3/4 black or offspring of mulatto and black;24 thru 39 part white |
| Marabou, marabon | 5/8 black, mulatto and griffe;40 thru 48 part white | | Mulatto | 1/2 black;49 thru 70 part white |
| Quadroon, quarteroon |
1/4 black or offspring of mulatto and white, or white and mameluke;71 thru 100 part white |
| metif | 1/8 black, white and quadroon(quarteroon);101 thru 112 part white | | mameluke | 1/12 black or white and metif;113 thru 120 part white |
| Octoroon |
1/8 black or quadroon and white;121 thru 124 part white |
| Sang-mele | 1/8 black or white and quateroon |
| 'steenth |
1/16 black |
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