Definitions
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- noun a form of marital
union , often illegal in nature, found in theCaribbean during the colonial period between aCaucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as amulatta or aCreole )
Etymologies
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From French
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The main characters are free Black Creole women who fought against racism and became millionaires through plaçage, or the practice of common-law marriages between white men and Black women, biracial women of color, or Native American women).
'The House That Will Not Stand’: Film In Development On Free Black Women Who Became Millionaires, Fought Racial Oppression In 1800s Monique Jones 2023
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