Examples of freedman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Secundio, Zuchtriegel explained, was a freedman, having formerly been a public slave—essentially, a municipal worker owned by the city. — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 Tanney was a freedman who tried to buy the freedom of his wife and daughters, but Limbrey’s ancestors refused and hanged him for attempting to claim his wife’s remains. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021 Her great-great-great-grandfather Henry Weeden was a freedman in Boston who worked as a tailor, and refused a federal marshal’s request to mend his coat, because the marshal’s job duties included enforcing the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021 Wealthy men like Vedius Pollio, a cruel freedman of the first century B.C., raised them in ponds for the table—though Pollio’s eels were not solely meant for consumption. — James Romm, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021 Having first modeled an idealized, kneeling figure from his own white body, Ball was persuaded to rework the pose based on a photograph of an actual freedman named Archer Alexander. — Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2020 When plantation heirs tried to reclaim the land, freedmen forcefully resisted. — Daniel R. Mandell, Time, 7 Apr. 2020 The historically black school had been established for the education of freedmen at the end of the Civil War. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2020 Unfortunately, freedmen were disappointed as federal officials moved reluctantly to enforce Johnson’s policies. — Daniel R. Mandell, Time, 7 Apr. 2020 See More

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