White person.
A person of the Caucasian race (6
Fed. Rep. 256). In the time of slavery in the United States,
white person was generally construed as a person without
admixture of colored blood. In various statutes and decisions in
different States since 1865 white person is construed as in
effect: one not having any negro blood (Ark., Okla.); one having less
than one eighth of negro blood (Ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ky., Md.,
Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.); one having less than one
fourth (Mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having less than one half
(Ohio).
© Webster 1913.