Freedperson

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has been released from a condition of slavery.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a person who has been freed from slavery wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

From freed + person.

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