Mulatto is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry. When speaking or writing about a singular woman in English, the word is mulatta. The use of this term b
A mulatta woman in the viceregal era in 1711
Juan de Pareja by Diego Velázquez, CE 1650 – Juan de Pareja was born into slavery in Spain. He was of mixed African and Spanish descent.
From Spaniard and Black woman, Coloured girl. Miguel Cabrera. Mexico 1763
The term multiracial people refers to people who are of two or more races, while the term multi-ethnic people refers to people who are of more than one ethnicity. A variety of terms are or have been u
Mulatto
…has been prevalent in Latin America for centuries, since the start of the European colonization of the Americas in many cases. Many Latin American multiracial families (including mulatto) have been mixed for several generations. In the 21st century, multiracials now frequently have unions and marriages with…
Extended Coloured family from South Africa.
Uyghur musicians in Yarkand, Xinjiang
Mestizos as illustrated in the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas, 1734.
Bob Marley's mother is of African descent and his father is of European ancestry.