RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Question
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What is “freedmen”?
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A slave.
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A former slave.
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All people.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the United States, the terms “freedmen” and “freedwomen” refer to former Black African slaves emancipated during and after the American Civil War by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment.
Detailed explanation-2: -freedman, former slave set free. In ancient Athens, former slaves bore no stigma, and some rose to positions of political or economic power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manumission. The freeing of an individual or group of enslaved African Americans by will, purchase, legal petition, or legislation. Some enslaved African Americans saved up from jobs for hire or sale of goods to purchase their own manumission.
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