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Many slaves earned their freedom and assumed an established place in the Creole community as "free people of color".
  

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What part do you have a question about? S. when slavery was allowed?

  • What part do you have a question about?
  • S.
  • when slavery was allowed?
  • "A free person" is not owned by someone else.
  • A "person of color" is a phrase no longer used to refer to black people.
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What part do you have a question about? Are you familiar with the era in the U.S. when slavery was allowed?

"A free person" is not owned by someone else. A "person of color" is a phrase no longer used to refer to black people.

This means that someone who was a slave was able to become free, and then continued to live in the community as a free person, despite being black. The Cre

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