freedperson

English

Etymology

From freed +‎ person.

Noun

freedperson (plural freedpersons or freedpeople)

1. A person 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:

     Like David Williams earlier, Smith looks at gold-rich Lumpkin County and tells the story of how a second generation of this unique group of freedpeople worked closely with the local white elites to obtain property, resources, and teachers to establish schools.

See also

• ex-slave
• freedman
• freedwoman