Ex-slave

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A former or emancipated slave.

    "Near-synonym: freedman"

Synonyms

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freedman

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"[…] nearly half the Appalachian ex-slaves had endured fifteen years or more of enslavement, and they were old enough to form and to retain oral histories."

Etymology

From ex- + slave.

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