freedperson
Liberated from bondage
A freedperson is someone who was formerly enslaved and has been emancipated.
The term appears primarily in historical contexts, especially discussions of slavery in the Americas: Freedpersons faced significant obstacles to economic independence.
It serves as a gender-neutral alternative to freedman or freedwoman.
Post-Civil War relief agency
- sharecroppingFarm rent in produce
- 14th AmendmentPost-Civil War constitutional addition
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
enfranchisement · Radical Republicans · tenant farming · homestead · land redistribution · contract labor · labor contracts
Formal freeing of enslaved
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- 13th AmendmentConstitutional slavery prohibition
- liberationRelease from constraint
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
unshackling · release · contraband · jubilee · redemption · liberator
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- Great MigrationVast collective relocation
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- segregationForced separation by group
- Plessy v. FergusonRuling allowing racial separation
desegregation · voting rights · discrimination · Juneteenth · commemoration · historical memory · oral history · genealogy
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
adaptation · community building · family reunification · education · land ownership · economic independence · political participation · autonomy
Occupations requiring specialized manual training
- benevolent societiesMutual assistance organizations
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- literacyAbility to read, write
Freedmen's Bureau
Post-Civil War relief agency
- sharecroppingFarm rent in produce
- 14th AmendmentPost-Civil War constitutional addition
- citizenshipStatus as state member
suffrage · enfranchisement · Radical Republicans · tenant farming · homestead · land redistribution · contract labor · labor contracts
manumission
Formal freeing of enslaved
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- 13th AmendmentConstitutional slavery prohibition
- liberationRelease from constraint
deliverance · unshackling · release · contraband · jubilee · redemption · liberator
civil rights
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- Great MigrationVast collective relocation
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- segregationForced separation by group
Plessy v. Ferguson · desegregation · voting rights · discrimination · Juneteenth · commemoration · historical memory · oral history · genealogy · reparations
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
survival · adaptation · community building · family reunification · education · land ownership · economic independence · political participation · autonomy · entrepreneurship
skilled trades
Occupations requiring specialized manual training
- benevolent societiesMutual assistance organizations
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
freedpersonslave
Owned human, forced laborer
bondsman · bondswoman · chattel · captive · serf
freedpersonslaveholder
Owner of enslaved persons
slaveowner · master · enslaver · mistress · plantation owner
freed, person, free, freedom, freely, unfree, freeborn, freeman, freewoman