Colonial officials debated whether mixed and Europe-born residents shared one standard

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But how was it that a “European” should live? And did it matter what kind of European they were? Was the same measure to be used both for those who were mixed, descendants of Europeans, and for those Europe-born? — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 931

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• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how did the commission ultimately resolve the mixed vs. Europe-born distinction — did it legislate a racial boundary into the relief standard?