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freedman Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Yorkshire): status name in the feudal system for a serf who had been freed.
  2. Jewish (American): Americanized form of Friedmann (see Fried).

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Distribution of freedman Families in the US in 1840
Number of freedman families
 3-3
 2-2
 1
 0
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