Definitions for "Freedman"
male released from slavery; emancipated person.
a person who has been freed from slavery
A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.
Before 1865, a freedman was any person of African or partial African descent who was not a slave because he or she was: – able to purchase his or her freedom – granted freedom upon his or her master's death – the child of a free woman After the Civil War, the term "freedmen" included all people of African or partial African descent living in the United States.
colibertus, quolibertus A lower class of peasant above slaves, similar in Domesday to boors.