and in the United States before the abolition of slavery in 1865, free Negro or free Black described the legal status of African Americans who were not...
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the term negro (or sometimes negress for a female) is a term historically used to refer to people of Black African heritage. The term negro means the...
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Free Negro Springs is a spring in Benton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. A variant name was "Free Nigger Springs". The creek was named after two...
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private manumissions in the South. Little actual gain was made by the free Negro even in this period, and by the turn of the century the downward trend...
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Pennsylvania Abolition Society (redirect from The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage)
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was the first American abolition society. It was founded April 14, 1775, in Philadelphia...
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It frequently referred to free people of mixed African and European ancestry. In British North America, the term free Negro was often used to cover the...
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The Negro Motorist Green Book (also, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green-Book) was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded...
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Land of the Blacks (Manhattan) (redirect from Free Negro Lots)
The Land of the Blacks (Dutch: t' Erf van Negros, also Negro Frontier or Free Negro Lots) was a village settled by people of African descent north of...
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Oregon pioneers "hated slavery, but a much larger number of them hated free negroes worse even than slaves". In 1843, the Provisional Government of Oregon...
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Negro Mountain is a long ridge of the Allegheny Mountains in the eastern United States, stretching 30-mile (48 km) from Deep Creek Lake in Maryland north...
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African Americans (redirect from Negro Americans)
slavery in 1865, an African American slave was commonly known as a negro. Free negro was the legal status in the territory of an African American person...
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The Petition of Free Negroes was a document created by a group of freed slaves who had fought for the British in the American Revolutionary War, and been...
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The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional...
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every free male Negro or person of color" who was found to be wearing a pocket watch. The same ordinance also imposed a $10 per year tax on free black...
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dated July 9, 1640:" John H. Russell defined slavery in his book The Free Negro In Virginia, 1619–1865: The difference between a servant and a slave is...
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be sued for any crime committed by the Negro; the Negro could not be sued. Under the new law, any free Negro or mulatto who did not register with the...
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private manumissions in the South. Little actual gain was made by the free Negro even in this period, and by the turn of the century, the downward trend...
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a free white State," says Villard, "and the heaviest voting against the free Negro was" in Lawrence and Topeka. With renewed determination, the Free State...
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The Magical Negro is a trope in American cinema, television, and literature. In the cinema of the United States, the Magical Negro is a supporting stock...
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Johnson was released from his servitude, he was legally recognized as a "free Negro." He became a successful farmer. In 1651, he owned 250 acres (100 ha)...
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negro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Negro is a historic term for people of black African ancestry or appearance. Negro may also refer to: Negro...
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Forty acres and a mule (section "Negroes of Savannah")
those who remained enslaved, free Negroes were unwelcome in most areas of the United States. Before the Civil War, most free blacks lived in the North,...
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for him. Ardent abolitionists, the Harvey family established the Harvey Free Negro School in 1831. A post office has been in operation at Harveysburg since...
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Baton Rouge Parish, that was named "Free Nigger Point" until the late twentieth century, first was renamed "Free Negro Point", but currently is named "Wilkinson...
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John Carruthers Stanly (category Free Negroes)
Carolina, but he owned more than twice as many slaves as the second largest free Negro slave owner in the South." He was a key member of this prominent mixed-race...
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in New York City, where she was freed and ultimately evacuated to Nova Scotia. On initial airing, The Book of Negroes was the CBC’s highest-rated original...
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rebellion Negro Negro American League Negro Digest Negro Factories Corporation Negro Fort Negro league baseball The Negro Motorist Green Book Negro Mountain...
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Negro Life and History. 1924. OCLC 802300957. Free Negro heads of families in the United States in 1830 : together with a brief treatment of the free...
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ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of "black blood") is considered black (Negro or colored in historical terms). It is an example of hypodescent, the automatic...
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Look up negros, Negros, negrós, négros, or ñegros in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Negros is an island in the Philippines. Negros may also refer to:...
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