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This exploration delves into the lives of free blacks in the extreme South, focusing on the multiracial individuals known as mulattoes. Many purchased their freedom, but their status as a “third race” often left them marginalized and caught between the North and South’s conflicting social dynamics. The struggles and complexities surrounding their existence highlight the challenges faced by free blacks in a society that remained predominantly hostile to their freedom and rights.
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Free Blacks: Slaves Without Masters • Extreme= South’s free blacks • Mulattoes • Purchased freedom • “third race” • Unpopular • North vs. South