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 A gathering of native Imaguans, 2016 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7,180 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas | 6,532 |
 Rizealand | 648 |
| Languages | |
| Estmerish, Etrurian, Western Imaguan Creole, and Eastern Imaguan Creole, historically Imaguan | |
| Religion | |
| Sotirianism | |
The Evadees (Etrurian: Evade) are descendants of Bahian slaves who freed themselves from slavery in Imagua and established themselves in the Central Highlands of Imagua and the interiors of the smaller Assimas Islands.
Etymology
The term evadees is believed to come from the Gaullican term évadé, meaning "the escaped," which stems from the Gaullican term evader, or "to escape."
It was first used to refer to escaped slaves in 1682, when Parry Lambourne, ancestor of Harmon Lambourne records in a document to an insurance broker in TBD "we sent men to the mountains to try and recover some slaves who fled our plantation, but they evaded every single attempt in recapturing: after several weeks, we have only managed to recover two children from the evadés [sic]." However, escapee was a far more common term than evadee until the mid-eighteenth century, when Gaullica took control of Imagua from Estmere after the end of the Gilded Wars.
During Gaullican rule, with the introduction of Gaullican, the term évadé became a common way to refer to escaped slaves who lived in the Central Highlands, with the term sticking after the end of Gaullican rule in 1771. The modern spelling would become common around 1850, with most sources arguing that this is because of its similarity to escapees, deportees, and refugees.