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freedpersons

freedpersons is the plural of freedperson.

Meaning of freedperson

Noun

freedperson (plural freedpersons or freedpeople)

  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.2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, page 7

Questions about freedpersons

What is freedpersons the plural of?
Freedpersons is the plural of freedperson.

Words near freedpersons in the dictionary

  1. Freedonia
  2. Freedonian
  3. Freedonians
  4. freedpeople
  5. freedperson
  6. freedpersons
  7. freedstool
  8. freedstools
  9. freedumb
  10. freedwoman
  11. freedwomen

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