Free Born Red

Born Red

Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution is an autobiography of Gao Yuan and his recollection of experiences during the Cultural Revolution in China. Stanford University Press is the publisher. The foreword was written by William Joseph. At the time Gao Yuan was a post-graduate student at Stanford University.

Free Blacks

In the British colonies in North America and in the United States before the abolition of slavery in 1865, free Black, free Negro, and free colored described the legal status of African Americans who were not slaves. The term was applied both to former slaves (freedmen) and to those who had been born free, whether of African or mixed descent.

Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometers. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.

free

Adjective

1. Unconstrained.
2. Not imprisoned or enslaved.

Adverb

1. Without needing to pay.
2. Freely; willingly.

born

Verb

1. past participle of bear; given birth to.
2. past participle of bear in other senses.

Adjective

1. Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

red

Noun

1. The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Adjective

1. Of a red hue.
2. Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.