Sentence:  All free persons were authorized and permitted to transport themselves, their families, and goods ... to Jamaica, from any part of the British dominions; and their children born in Jamaica were declared free <WSD>denizens</WSD> of England, entitled to the same privileges as free born subjects of England. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.