Didn't the word mulatto originally referr to American Indian and white mix?

On Mon   , William M  sent:
>Indenture contracts were generally for 5 to 7 years. Therefore Margaret
>Shaw's indentureship would have been completed long before the death of
>JohnHardyman.
>In case of court ordered extensions because an indentured woman has a
>child,the extensions which I have seen are for 12 to 18 months. Even such an
>extension would not have extended her time of servitude beyond 1724.
>
>With regard to what might happen to indentured servants after the death
>oftheir land owner, it is important to remember that an indenture is a
>legalcontract. So much so, that if the land owner was not carrying out his
>partof the bargain - providing clothing, food, education, or whatever was
>agreedto - the indentured servant could take the land owner to court to
>enforcethe contract. As a contract, the indenture,  would have continued to
>therightful heir - in that time period, the eldest son.
>
>William
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>Date:    Sat, 9 Jul 2011 12:55:21 -0700
>From:    "R. C. Solomon" 
>Subject: indentureships in VA
>
>Does anyone know what would have happened to a white indentured servant
>whe=n her master dies, whose indentureship had not been completed? The man in
>q=uestion John Hardyman died in Prince George county in 1737 and no will has
>=ever been found for him - according to other researchers. I know that
>large=portions of PG county records were burned or lost. During her
>indentureshi=p this white servant Margaret Shaw in 1715 had a mulatto child and was
>puni=shed by the churchwardens of Westopher parish by the extension of her
>inden=tureship. I have not found any additional information about her or her
>chil=d. I have continue to search through her owner's wills, deeds, etc. for
>any=clues. =0A=A0=0AAlso would it be unusual for an indentured servant to be
>a=witness on a deed of her owners? I found a record of a Margaret Shew (it
>w=as transcribed this way but I think it is the same woman)=A0as a witness
>to=a deed between John Hardyman and another person in 1712. I have not seen
>t=he original record.=0A=A0=0AThanks =0ARuth Solomon
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