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Harriet Arnold: What DID Freedom Mean?
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Harriet Arnold may have been born free in Texas. But years later, her father accepted $750 and indentured her to another man for five years.
Why?
Was he exploiting his own daughter? Was he trying to protect her from laws that made life increasingly difficult for free Black Texans? Or was something else happening entirely?
The historical record doesn't tell…