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Abigail Barnett and her father, James, a freedman of the Muscogee Nation, were deeded the land that would become Boley, and many other Black Creek citizens settled nearby.
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Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
But, when Dawes agents were putting together their lists, freedmen and their descendants were often kept on a separate roll, or not included at all.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
In many cases, those freed from slavery were incorporated into tribes as full citizens, known as freedmen.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Once federal troops left the South, influential white Mississippians, realizing that they were outnumbered by freedmen, got busy intimidating, killing, gerrymandering, and otherwise cheating their way back to absolute power.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
But, when Dawes agents were putting together their lists, freedmen and their descendants were often kept on a separate roll, or not included at all.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
In many cases, those freed from slavery were incorporated into tribes as full citizens, known as freedmen.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Once federal troops left the South, influential white Mississippians, realizing that they were outnumbered by freedmen, got busy intimidating, killing, gerrymandering, and otherwise cheating their way back to absolute power.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Freedman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedman. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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freedman
noun
freed·man
ˈfrēd-mən 
-ˌman
: a person freed from slavery
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