 The dresses," says Mrs. Agassiz, " were of every variety, from silks and satins to stuff-gowns, and the complexions of all tints, from the genuine negro through paler shades of Indian and negro to white. There is absolutely no distinction of color here...  Brazil: Its Condition and Prospects - Page 279by Christopher Columbus Andrews - 1891 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Louis Agassiz - Brazil - 1868 - 590 pages
...suffered seriously on the road. The dresses were of every variety, from silks and satins to stuff gowns, and the complexions of all tints, from the genuine...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattocs and mamelucos, that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in Brazilian... | |
 | Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz - Brazil - 1868 - 592 pages
...suffered seriously on the road. The dresses were of every variety, from silks and satins to stuff gowns, and the complexions of all tints, from the genuine...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos, that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in Brazilian... | |
 | Louis Agassiz - Brazil - 1868 - 580 pages
...suffered seriously on the road. The dresses were of every variety, from silks and satins to stuff gowns, and the complexions of all tints, from the genuine...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos, that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in Brazilian... | |
 | Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz - Brazil - 1886 - 598 pages
...through paler shades of Indian and negrj to white. There is absolutely no distinction of color acre ; a black lady, always supposing her to be free, is...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos, that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in Brazilian... | |
 | Charles Paul MacKie - Gold mines and mining - 1887 - 370 pages
...dinner among intimate friends does not conclude without some mutual greetings of this kind." At Mandos Prof, and Mrs. Agassiz also attended a ball given...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and inamelucos — that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in... | |
 | Christopher Columbus Andrews - Brazil - 1887 - 374 pages
...dinner among intimate friends does not conclude without some mutual greetings of this kind." At Mandos Prof, and Mrs. Agassiz also attended a ball given...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos — that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in... | |
 | Christopher Columbus Andrews - Brazil - 1887 - 368 pages
...different parties of invited guests were to be seen groping through the streets at the appointed tune, lighted with lanterns" The dresses," says Mrs. Agassiz,...a white one. It is, however, rare to see a person jn society who can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos — that... | |
 | Louis Agassiz - Brazil - 1888 - 594 pages
...through paler shades of Indian and negrD to white. There is absolutely no distinction of color aere ; a black lady, always supposing her to be free, is...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos, that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in Brazilian... | |
 | Christopher Columbus Andrews - Brazil - 1889 - 372 pages
...whites, before any fair beginning can be made in developing the resources of the country. . . . ISTot only is the white population too small for the task...can be called a genuine negro ; but there are many mulattoes and mamelucos — that is, persons having black or Indian blood. There is little ease in... | |
 | Nancy Stepan - Art - 2001 - 300 pages
...population. 48 Agassiz and Agassiz, Journe y, p. 49. 49 Correspondence of William James, vol. IV, p. 102. 50 'There is absolutely no distinction of color here;...and meets with as much attention as a white one,' wrote Elizabeth Agassiz (Journey, p. 280). Thirty years later, the city of Rio de Janeiro would appear... | |
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