Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines "black" as a "a negro; a person whose skin is black."

Date
1828
Type
Book
Source
Noah Webster
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Noah Webster, 1828 Webster's Dictionary, (The Editorium, 1828), "black," accessed October 26, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Noah Webster, The Editorium
People
Noah Webster
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

BLACK, noun That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black

1. A negro; a person whose skin is black

2. A black dress, or mourning; as, to be clothed in black

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