freedman
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Freedman
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
freedman (plural freedmen)
- A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, page 7:
- Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
man who has been released from slavery
|