Freedman
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In Boman law. One who was set free from a state of bondage; an emancipated slave. The word is used in the same sense in the United States, respecting negroes who were formerly slaves.
Fairfield v. Lawson, 50 Conn. 513, 47 Am. Rep. 669; Davenport v. Caldwell, 10 S. C. 333.