freedman
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A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves freed themselves (runaways or maroons) through escape, self-purchase, or rebellion; or were freed through manumission (granted freedom by their owners), emancipation (granted freedom as part of a larger group), or abolition (the outlawing of slavery in general).
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- Instance of
- social status
- Subclass of
- person
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- opposite of
- slave
- Commons category
- Freedmen
- female form of label
- osvobojenka
- topic's main category
- Category:Freedmen
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- Cherokee freedmen
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A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves freed themselves (runaways or maroons) through escape, self-purchase, or rebellion; or were freed through manumission (granted freedom by their owners), emancipation (granted freedom as part of a larger group), or abolition (the outlawing of slavery in general).
==Ancient Rome==
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