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freedwoman

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freed·wom·an  (frdwmn)
n.
A woman who has been freed from slavery.
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Noun1.freedwoman - a person who has been freed from slavery
freedman
freeman, freewoman - a person who is not a serf or a slave
Translations
freedwoman
n pl <-women> → befreite or freigelassene Sklavin


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22) to have been the slave "of the Roman noblewoman Rhoda," but a first-century Roman woman with a Greek name is highly unlikely to have been more than a freedwoman herself.
The Apostolic Fathers: An Essential Guide by Osiek, Carolyn / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Thulani Davis's most recent book is My Confederate Kinfolk A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots (Basic Civitas Books, January 2006).
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Rebecca Bailey, a freedwoman reduced to poverty when her husband Dennis took off to live with (and sometimes marry) a series of other women, found herself supported by the Lanier family, her former owners in slavery.
"Lots of them did that": desertion, bigamy, and marital fluidity in ... by Schwartzberg, Beverly / Journal of Social History
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