| LC control no. | sh 85051692 |
|---|---|
| LC classification | HT731 General |
| Topical heading | Freed persons |
| Variant(s) | Ex-enslaved persons Freed enslaved persons Freedmen Freedpersons |
| See also | Enslaved persons |
| Found in | God struck me dead, c1993: CIP t.p. (ex-slaves) Oxford African American Studies Center website, October 4, 2021 (Freed persons: in slave-owning societies denoted men and women who were black or of mixed race and born free or manumitted. More specific gendered terms to describe this group include freedmen and freedwomen) Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade website, October 4, 2021 (Freed person: Person who was at one point enslaved and subsequently manumitted by self-purchase or by acts of the former enslaver, a judge, or the state) House Hearing, 106 Congress, Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Act: are these reconstruction era records being protected, U.S. Government Printing Office, viewed on October 6, 2021 (The House passed a bill that established a bureau for freed men) |
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