National of the United States
AdminSection 101(a)(22) of the INA provides that the term “national of the United States” includes all U.S. citizens as well as persons who, though not citizens of the United States, owe permanent allegiance to the United States (non-citizen nationals).
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:8%20section:1101%20edition:prelim)
Section 22: The term "national of the United States" means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.
Section 21: The term "national" means a person owing permanent allegiance to a state.
Also within the United States Code is the definition of a “national of the United States”, remember that this is the singular United States, not plural, so it refers to Congress and the Federal Government. This statement is interchangeable with a U.S. Citizen and owes permanent allegiance to the United States and is wholely subject to it.
These are the persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, mostly freed negros.
A national, no adjectives, is a political status owing permanent allegiance to a state. This is distinct from a citizen or national of the United States. Could this be the state citizen referred to in the old court cases that is the “American Citizen” and the original citizenship of our nation?
