- Free Negroes — former American slaves, who gained their freedom before the emancipation era of the American Civil War. Free Negro was the legal status of blacks who were not slaves. It included both freed slaves (freedmen) and those who had been born free (free people of color).
See also Category:American freedmen for American slaves who gained their freedom during the emancipation era of the American Civil War.
Subcategories
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- Black exclusion laws (2 P)
Pages in category "Free Negroes"
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