[Dixielandjazz]

[G. William Oakley]

snip from Rob McCallum
"Of course, the irony is that anyone with any
African-American blood was simply considered black to white society (Mark
Twain satirizes this situation in his story Pudd'nhead Wilson)."

Frequently referred to as "the tainted one drop in eight" in much 19th
century literature as well as 19th century law. American dramatist Dion
Boucicault made it the theme of his very popular play "TheOctoroon."