WorldSeptember 7, 2026

freedmen

FREED-men

Definition

People who have been legally emancipated from slavery.

Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'freman,' combining 'free' (independent, not enslaved) and 'man' (in the sense of a person or servant). The term emerged historically to specifically distinguish those who were once enslaved from the general population of free citizens.

In the news

The article uses the term to describe formerly enslaved people who were the intended beneficiaries of the Fourteenth Amendment's protections against discriminatory Black Codes.

A conservative, pro-free market court: what happened when America’s activist judges came from the other side of the aisle?

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https://lawnews.nz/

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