Freedmen

[141] There, they rise above the free-born, and even the nobles: in the rest, the subordinate condition of the freedmen is a proof of freedom. ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)

[341] Catiline himself stood nearest the standard (eagle) with his most faithful followers, whose personal fate depended upon him; that is, the freedmen of his family and the tenant farmers of his estates. ❋ 86 BC-34? BC Sallust (N/A)

What is to be done with the freedmen is the question of all, and it is the all-important question. ❋ John M. Schofield (N/A)

The enfranchisement of the entire body of males twenty-one years and over among the freedmen was the result of the adoption by Congress of a plan of reconstruction very different from that of Mr. Lincoln. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The chief concern in training the freedmen should be the endeavor to impart knowledge under such genuine inspiration as will awaken aspiration, stimulate desire of knowledge, quicken apprehension, strengthen purpose, and develop negro character in harmony with the truths of life and nature. ❋ Unknown (1901)

The recognized race leaders of the freedmen are their preachers and teachers. ❋ Unknown (1901)

Edward Hill was more than the foregoing; he was a fair type of a large class of colored men who were then as now struggling against adverse fate in the South, in the laudable effort to vindicate the good name of the so called freedmen of that section. ❋ Unknown (1880)

The last and most significant item in our review of the tableau of educational effort among the freedmen is the increasingly friendly attitude of most of the Southern States toward this enterprise. ❋ Unknown (1879)

+ The freedmen were the ones who were free from the old Roman contempt for productive labor. ❋ William Graham Sumner (1875)

The whites, all whose energies have been strained to secure control of their States, have been glad, in return for this success to yield a measure of other civil rights to the freedmen, which is already fuller than ought to have been hoped for in ❋ Various (1869)

The black Cherokees, known as freedmen because they are descendants of slaves once owned by wealthy Indians, were reinstated as tribal members earlier this week following pressure from the U.S. federal government. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jon Velie, an attorney for the slaves' descendants, called freedmen, says a federal judge on Monday found the tribe in contempt of court for missing a Thursday deadline to notify roughly 1,200 freedmen by mail that they could vote in the special election for chief. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"We took a blow, but we're not gutted," said Jon Velie, attorney for the so-called freedmen, the descendants of black slaves owned by Cherokees in the pre-Civil War era. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The federal government said that unless the descendants, known as freedmen, were allowed to vote, the upcoming election wouldn't be valid. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Attorneys for the slave descendants, called freedmen, said the agreement calls for extending balloting for this Saturday's special election until Oct. 8 so that those qualified to vote can be notified and participate. ❋ Unknown (2011)

U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy backed an agreement struck Monday between the tribe and the slaves' descendants, known as freedmen, that will reopen tribal polling stations for five days, starting Sept. 29 and ending Oct. 8, when anyone registered to vote in tribal elections, including freedmen, can cast a ballot. ❋ Unknown (2011)