单词 | salt-water creole |
释义 | salt-water Creolen. Originally Caribbean. Now historical. An enslaved person who was born en route from Africa to the Caribbean. Cf. salt-water Negro n. ΚΠ 1811 Royal Gaz. (Jamaica) 29 June 16/1 Runaways... Sam Simmons, a salt-water creole, 5 feet 6 inches, marked apparently D on both shoulders, says he is free, but cannot produce any document thereof. 1825 R. Bickell W. Indies as they Are i. 44 Smart, a salt-water Creole, 5ft. 5in. 1995 B. W. Higman Slave Populations Brit. Caribbean (new ed.) ii. 22 Slaves born during the voyage from Africa, ‘salt-water creoles’, were generally distinguished in the registration returns as ‘born at sea’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811 |
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