Free people of color
Also known as: Free person of colour · Free woman of colour · Free man of colour · Free man of color · Free woman of color
Free people of color were primarily people of mixed African, European, and Native American descent in the Americas who were not enslaved.
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Free people of color: Saint-Domingue
There were distinct groups of free people of color in the French colonies, including Louisiana and in settlements on Caribbean islands, such as Saint-Domingue (Haiti), Saint Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.
Free people of color: Saint-Domingue, August 1791
There were distinct groups of free people of color in the French colonies, including Louisiana and in settlements on Caribbean islands, such as Saint-Domingue (Haiti), Saint Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.