Freedmen
[f'ri:dmən]
Definition
(pl. ) of Freedman
Typist: Sol
Examples
- Appius Claudius, one of the first of the censors to exercise it, enrolled freedmen in the tribes and called sons of freedmen to the Senate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It's for the freedmen as well as the Chesters, and I think it very kind of them to let me share the labor and the fun. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Later the freedmen were engaged in cutting wood along the Mississippi River to supply the large number of steamers on that stream. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Particularly abundant were the freedmen, slaves set free, for the most part artisans, but some of them traders, who were growing wealthy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Sol