Free Black
Title
Free Black
Relation
https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1089/
Identifier
1089
Text
A non-white person who was free and not slave in legal status. The categories of free black and mulatto overlapped but were not identical. Mulatto referred to racial background; free black referred to legal status. Included among free blacks were all those with any African blood who were free. Thus free mulattos would be counted among free blacks but slave mulattos would not. Some free blacks were not mulattos but rather the offspring of two African parents who had gained their freedom.
Citation
“Free Black,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed April 29, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/1089.