We know that free is not dependent on mass of the object but gravitation is dependent on mass. Why is these sentences contradicting?

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$W h e n o b j e c t f a l l s f r e e l y u n d e r t h e e f f e c t o f g r a v i t y t h e n a c c e l e r a t i o n o f t h e o b j e c t d o e s n o t d e p e n d o n t h e m a s s o f t h e o b j e c t . l e t g i s t h e a c c e l e r a t i o n d u e t o g r a v i t y a c t i n g o n t h e p a r t i c l e b u t g r a v i t a t i o n a l f o r c e a c t i n g o n t h e f r e e l y f a l l y o b j e c t i s g i v e n b y : F = m g$

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We know that free is not dependent on mass of the object but gravitation is dependent on mass. Why is these sentences contradicting?

When object falls freely under the effect of gravity then acceleration of the object does not depend on the mass of the object.let g is the acceleration due to gravity acting on the particle but gravitational force acting on the freely fally object is givenby:F= mg