freedman
noun
- former slave who has been released from slavery
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: * Anglicization of German Friedmann * Corruption of Friedman * freed + man. A surname taken up by freed slaves.
- A surname.
- A surname.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From freed + man.
- A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
“The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).”
“Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.”