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mulattoes colonial population

person · 1 mention

people of mixed European and African descent

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The concepts, people, and places this entity is most linked to by claims — node size is mention count, colour is type, dashed nodes are other senses of the same word.

mulattoeswhite people — 1 shared claimcivil rights — 1 shared claimplantation slaves — 1 shared claimwhite peoplecivil rightsplantation slaves
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Claims grouped by the voice that makes them.

George M. Rolph (author)

  • mulattoes demanded same civil rights as white people before 1791 ⟨Saint Dominique⟩
    assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616
    The mulattoes demanded the same civil rights as the white people
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'The mulattoes demanded the same civil rights as the white people and these privileges were accorded them in 1791.' The subject, predicate, and object match the passage exactly without any rewording or outside knowledge required.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. Viewpoint, stance, and sentiment are all appropriate. The context 'Saint Dominique' is correct and well-supported. The quote is verbatim. However, there is a minor issue with the time qualifier: the passage states the demand was made and privileges were accorded 'in 1791', not 'before 1791'. The claim should have 'when': '1791' rather than 'before 1791', or the valid_from should be set to '1791' to match the passage's temporal specificity.
  • civil rights were accorded to mulattoes 1791 ⟨Saint Dominique⟩
    assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616
    these privileges were accorded them in 1791
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'The mulattoes demanded the same civil rights as the white people and these privileges were accorded them in 1791.' The subject, predicate, object, and date all match the passage exactly without requiring outside knowledge.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — Nearly all qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint (author), stance (asserts), sentiment (neutral), time (1791), context (Saint Dominique), and quote are all accurate and well-supported. Minor note: The quote uses "privileges" rather than "civil rights," though the passage explicitly states "civil rights" just before this sentence, so the claim's characterization is faithful to the passage's meaning. The slight difference between the claim's phrasing and the exact quote is negligible since both terms refer to the same event described in the passage.
  • plantation slaves were joined by mulattoes August 23, 1791 ⟨insurrection⟩
    assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616
    the plantation slaves were joined by the mulattoes
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'On August 23, 1791, a violent insurrection of the blacks broke out; the plantation slaves were joined by the mulattoes and a massacre of the whites followed.' The subject, predicate, object, and temporal context all match exactly what is written.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this as historical narration); the stance is appropriately 'asserts' as a factual claim; the sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's objective tone; the time matches exactly with 'August 23, 1791' as stated in the passage; the context 'insurrection' accurately reflects the passage's framing of this event; and the quote appears verbatim and directly supports the claim.

Change over time

1791
  • were accorded to civil rights
August 23, 1791
  • were joined by plantation slaves
before 1791
  • demanded same civil rights as white people