free, white, and twenty-one
(US, archaic, used by and usually of white people) Beholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.
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(US, archaic, used by and usually of white people) Beholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.
“Free, white, and twenty-one!” sang Emma, cheerily.
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