freedperson
English
Noun
freedperson (plural freedpersons or freedpeople)
- A person who has been released from a condition of slavery.
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, "Introduction", 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.
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, "Introduction", page 7:
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