I could not meet her eyes, those of a free woman.

I now no longer moved as a free woman, even a beautiful one, of Earth.

I asked only to be a free woman, like my mother was.

For some days Laura had been a free woman once more.

She is a free woman who has committed no crime.

In seven years' time she would be a free woman.

Then you can come back as a free woman and make peace with your aunt.

She was a free black woman and they had four children.

She could be a free woman before the beaches open.

Today she was her own woman, free to choose for herself.