Meaning & use
Freedmen
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Men who have been released from slavery, especially formerly enslaved people freed after the American Civil War.
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The Freedmen's Bureau helped freedmen find work, education, and housing after emancipation.
Many freedmen sought to reunite with family members who had been sold away.
A note on using this word
A historically significant term in the context of the abolition of slavery in the United States and elsewhere.
Words with a similar meaning
emancipated slaves
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Words with an opposite meaning
slavesenslaved people
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