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GCSE History · key term
A person of African origin who was not enslaved. Free Africans in early modern England included paid workers and people running their own businesses.
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Paper 1
Revise: Early African and Indian migrantsFree Africans worked as musicians, sailors and craftspeople, as well as in domestic service. Paid employment could give them an income and a place within local society. Some married local people and raised families.
Distinguish free African migrants from people brought through slavery: African origin did not mean that someone was enslaved.
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