White paupers rejected the pauper designation and state aid meant for them.

Evidence

Persons clustered into an administrative category that joined “pauper” and “white” rejected the stigma of the designation “pauper,” the state’s assessment of their liv- ing conditions, and the government aid designed for them — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 226

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Concrete instance of the poorer whites / poor white problem in colonial settings, ties to Stoler’s racial governance work.

Broader Connections

• White planters rejected free-colored aid even with the colony under siege #corroborates (0.65)