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This project is for the enslaved that became free or never enslaved;
Children born to colored free women.
(see Partus Sequitur Ventrem)
Mulatto children born to white indentured or free women
mixed-race children born to free Native American women.
(The emancipation in the 1860's)
Freed Slaves, Freedmen or Free people of Color
Slaves who escaped from their enslavers.
As described above, descendants of free Blacks who were never enslaved.
This Enslaved under all categories can be found at link below,this project is for freed enslaved or never enslaved;
https://www.geni.com/projects/Enslaved-Persons-in-America/11488
Slavery was legal and practiced in every European colony in North America, at various points in history. Not all Africans who came to America were slaves; a few came even in the 17th century as free men, as sailors working on ships. In the early colonial years, some Africans came as indentured servants who were freed after a set period of years, as did many of the immigrants from Europe. Such servants became free when they completed their term of indenture; they were also eligible for headrights for land in the new colony in the Chesapeake Bay region, where indentured servants were more common. As early as 1678, a class of free black people existed in North America.
Various groups contributed to the growth of the free population:
Source:
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Negro
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_people_of_color
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedman
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