| 单词 | freedman |
| 例句 | “The hour is ripe. Our freedmen are ready. Hungry.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The minister was a tall coal-black deep-voiced freedman with a face that reminded me of a picture I had of my father who had died before I was old enough to know him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “The freedman who plotted rebellion down in South Carolina.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the decade, there were over twelve thousand freedmen in the state. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mounted men all, Dothraki and Brazen Beasts and freedmen, they were united only by their distaste for this duty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Started talking about one thing and another, told her about being a freedman and showed off his papers to her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let it be written that henceforth only guild members shall be permitted to name themselves journeymen or masters ... provided the guilds open their rolls to any freedman who can demonstrate the requisite skills.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Three books of Cicero’s jokes, now lost, were published after his death by his freedman Tiro. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Under him served four mates, freedmen all, and fifty slaves bound to the ship, each with a crude version of the cog’s figurehead tattooed upon one cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “From the pyramids. Call it a blood tax. I will have a hundred pieces of gold from every pyramid for each freedman that the Harpy’s Sons have slain.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Queen Daenerys will return to Meereen in her own time in all her might and majesty. Until such time, His Worship King Hizdahr shall—” “He is no king of mine,” a freedman yelled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Hizdahr’s blood is ancient and-noble. Our joining will join my freedmen to his people. When we become as one, so will our city.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Half of these Brazen Beasts are untried freedmen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The freedmen work cheaply because they are hungry,” Dany pointed out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Our Augustus, my daddy’s daddy, was not a free man, but became one: a freedman. He wasn’t a man at all. Just more than a boy. Like this’n.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A freedman who had plotted to free others violently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The freedmen had been a rabble once, but she had organized the men of fighting age into companies and commanded Grey Worm to make them into soldiers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Outlanders, foreigners, and freedmen were not allowed inside the Black Wall save at the invitation of those who dwelt within, scions of the Old Blood who could trace their ancestry back to Valyria itself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The black and purple benches, highest and most distant from the sand, were crowded with freedmen and other common folk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Any freedman who became too prosperous or too outspoken was marked for death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And so, in that moment, he conceives a bold plan to begin peanut farming, and he will hire these two freedmen to work for him. Review | Oprah’s latest Book Club pick, ‘The Sweetness of Water,’ is a miraculous debut 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Black soldiers from Massachusetts lived there during the war, and freedmen moved there afterward. McLeod Plantation Museum Tells the Story of the South 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Former Confederate soldiers, sometimes wearing their old uniforms, roamed the South as newly empowered sheriffs, harassing, beating and arresting black freedmen. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Sometime after the Emancipation Proclamation, he relocated to Texas, where he worked in potteries formed by other freedmen from Edgefield. The Magnificent Poem Jars of David Drake, Center Stage at the Met 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Even so, it’s a good story, one that reveals the complicated history of the post-bellum South, a world that included brave freedmen, occasionally sympathetic white men and genuine commitment to law and order. Puncturing the Allure of Robert E. Lee, and Other Civil War-Era Histories 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Henry, “curiously incapable of recognizing the humanity of the former slaves,” argued that it was unconstitutional to award citizenship or civil rights to freedmen. The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The former slaves and freedmen claimed Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, a nation known as New Colonia. Amazon’s ‘Black America’ Imagines a New Nation in the South 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z But knowing that the painter was a black freedman prompts one to speculate about the relationship between the solidly respectable sitter and the socially marginal man who immortalised him. Playing tag 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Gradually, quietly, slavery is returning to the free city of Meereen, and it is the freedmen who will suffer for it. “Game of Thrones” politics: “All rulers are butchers — or meat” 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Moran interwove his tribute with meditations on the ruins of Weeksville — the first, long-forgotten settlement of Brooklyn by African American freedmen — and the relative absence of other African American historical structures. Review | Jason Moran offers sublime tribute to WWI hero and ragtime pioneer James Reese Europe 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Though his followers disavow any claims about Divine’s past, court documents from the early days of the Peace Mission identify Father Major Jealous Divine as George Baker Jr., the son of freedman sharecroppers. The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z He was, every day that he stayed in office, endangering the lives of freedmen and white unionists throughout the South. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Shown here are two relief sculptures about the history of African American slaves and freedmen in Alexandria. In the galleries: A personal look at a maker of monuments 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The Cherokee Nation has granted full citizenship to its freedmen, while other tribes, like the Muscogee Nation, have argued that sovereignty allows tribes to make their own decisions about who qualifies for citizenship. Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants known as freedmen 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Many were freedmen or even slaves, which may account for their low social standing. Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z James Redpath, the white director of freedman's education in the region, organized about 30 speeches by Union officers, missionaries and black ministers. Hope and loss on Memorial Day: It's been a rough year since Buffalo 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Mother wit came to the rescue in the person of Anicetus the freedman, preceptor of Nero’s boyish years, and detested by Agrippina with a vigour which was reciprocated. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Even freed slaves, called freedmen, had limited legal rights and had formal obligations to serve their former masters as clients. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Each tribe also has a unique history with freedmen, whose rights were ultimately spelled out in separate treaties with the U.S. Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants known as freedmen 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In the afterword to one of her most autobiographical novels, “starring sally j. freedman as herself,” Blume remembered being “curious, imaginative, a worrier” when she was a girl, qualities she clearly has retained. Judy Blume, on top of the world (and her Key West bookstore) 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Morrisonville, La., was founded after the Civil War by freedmen and blossomed into a vibrant, predominantly African American community. Opinion: Another toxic train derailment will happen if we don't rein in plastics 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z As the pyre was kindled, one of her freedmen, by the name of Mnester, ran a sword through his body, whether from love of his mistress or from fear of his own destruction remains unknown. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Relatively large numbers of slaves did earn their freedom, and the “freedmen” as a class tended to be innovative commercial entrepreneurs, but many slaves had little hope of freedom. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z "The owners, freedmen and ex-slaves, are the expression of a social mobility that would have been unthinkable two centuries earlier," said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. House of the Vettii: Pompeii home owned by former slaves reopens 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “They were, in fact, trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against, the freedmen … were actually brought equal to everyone else in the society,” she said. Supreme Court debates Alabama’s refusal of second Black voting district 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of freedmen were now eligible to participate in elections, with each of their ballots carrying the same weight as the vote of a white aristocrat. America is finally waking up to the fascist danger: Let's hope it's not too late 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z His trust was soon proved to be misguided, much to his dismay, and he devoted a large part of his life to securing rights for freedmen. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z One trip sent him driving more than 600 miles into rural Georgia to find Mark Thrash, a freedman born in Virginia who served in the Civil War. How researchers preserved the oral histories of formerly enslaved Virginians 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The event was held at the Weeksville Heritage Center, one of the largest Black communities for freedmen before the Civil War. Juneteenth celebrations include fun, food and history lessons 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The event was held at the Weeksville Heritage Center, which was one of the largest Black communities for freedmen before the Civil War. Juneteenth celebrations emphasize ending racial disparities 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z After the Civil War, dozens of such schools for the formerly enslaved and their children began to populate the southern states, sustained by federal land grants, freedmen’s societies, churches and benefactors. Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’ 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z In the background, a schoolhouse burns, and a lynched freedman is shown hanging from a tree. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He saw it, along with Liberia, as a viable destination for America’s freedmen and sent a few hundred of them there to set up a settlement. Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The historical park, on land donated by descendants of freedmen, is considered the first African American county park in the state. Texas GOP power grab threatens “biggest regression in minority voting rights” since Civil Rights era 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z So he subdivided an inherited strip of land that was wide enough only for a single row of houses into 33 lots for a “freedmen’s colony.” Iris on national park battlefield may mark razed Black homes 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z In areas of early Union control, commanders organized “freedmen’s colonies” where fleeing ex-slaves could find emergency rations, simple housing, schools, medical care, and army recruiters. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It helped reunite families of freedmen, and it also devoted much energy to education, establishing scores of public schools where freed people and poor White people could receive both elementary and higher education. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Doing the heavy lifting, however, were crew members — usually enslaved people, freedmen or poor White people — extraordinary watermen who poled their flotillas to market in Richmond. The newest way to float down the James River is 200 years old 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z It sits on land donated by descendants of freedmen who survived slavery and pioneered one of Texas' oldest Black settlements, the footprint of which sits just a few blocks away. Texas GOP power grab threatens “biggest regression in minority voting rights” since Civil Rights era 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z However, Congress did want to help newly freed African Americans, called freedmen. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Former abolitionists often thought that the freedmen should enjoy absolute legal equality with whites, including the right to vote and hold office. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Stanton argued that the women’s vote would be necessary to counter the influence of uneducated freedmen in the South and the waves of poor European immigrants arriving in the East. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Then the most intimate of his freedmen were put in chains and torn from him, till, knowing the doom which impended, Torquatus divided the arteries in his arms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He implored the president to change his policies toward states that had seceded, arguing that the new system “abandons the freedmen to the control of the ancient Masters.” Review | An abolitionist’s hope meets a president’s hypocrisy 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z They passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to grant freedmen full legal equality. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have a right to the land where we are located,” Virginia freedman Bayley Wyat insisted. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In several instances, Redshirts would attack freedmen who attempted to vote, whipping them openly in the streets while simultaneously hosting barbecues to attract Democratic voters to the polls. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Clinton College was one of many schools established by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church during Reconstruction years, to help eradicate illiteracy among freedmen. Historically Black college in S Carolina offers free tuition 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z In Mississippi, a law forbade “all freedmen, free negroes and mulattoes in this State, over the age of eighteen years” from “unlawful assembling themselves together, either in the day or night time.” The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z In Walton County, a rural community in Georgia, the Ku Klux Klan terrorized freedmen after the war. Review | A Southerner who abandoned the Lost Cause 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z A convention of South Carolina planters demanded that the army force freed people back to work on their old plantations and resolved “that under no circumstances whatsoever will we rent land to any freedmen.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z According to Brockell, Douglass suggested that the statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an African American freedman “be replaced or added to.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The real debates sparked by the Jill Biden op-ed 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z In 1864, it became a military cemetery, a segregated one, reserving a section for Black soldiers and freedmen. Opinion | Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, must be renamed 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The convention, filled by the electoral solidarity of Black voters and delegates, helped lead to the state’s successful re-entry into the United States, formalize suffrage for freedmen and extend civil rights. How the Black Vote Became a Monolith 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Those first settlers turned Kendleton into a “freedmen’s colony” with its own school, church, cemetery and a mercantile that contained a post office. Freed slaves founded this town. Their descendants fear postal cuts threaten voting rights 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The statue of a freedman kneeling before Abraham Lincoln looks wrong to our 21st-century eyes, and Lincoln would have agreed. Opinion | Lincoln’s D.C. statue is having a cultural reckoning of its own 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The real origins of the song go back a hundred years again and they’re pretty obscure, even though it’s often attributed to a Choctaw freedman called Wallace Willis. Complicated history of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot needs to be taught and honoured | Andy Bull 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Most of these colleges and universities were founded after the Civil War to help the new freedmen, as they were called. Opinion | Making sense out of Larry Hogan’s education and tax vetoes 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The historically black school had been established for the education of freedmen at the end of the Civil War. Commentary: Remembering the man whose landmark 1976 exhibition insisted: Black art matters 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z After the war, he assured the freedmen of the “friendship and good will of the white people.” Review | How a mob turned a diverse city into a white-supremacist bastion 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z He was greeted by jubilant freedmen, including one who knelt before him. Opinion | Lincoln’s D.C. statue is having a cultural reckoning of its own 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Lincoln and congressional Republicans had one plan for Reconstruction: it involved welcoming the freedmen into the political community of the nation. The Invention—and Reinvention—of Impeachment 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z After doing some research, Griffin learned that the cemetery was named for famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass and that former slaves and freedmen were buried there. Boy Scout installs sign at Douglass Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z W. E. B. Du Bois wrote that Andrew Johnson’s unwillingness to enact policies to give freedmen land, a decent education, or voting rights resided, first and foremost, in “his inability to picture Negroes as men.” A Racist in the White House 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Having nothing else upon which to build or generate wealth, the majority of freedmen had little real chance of breaking the cycles of poverty created by slavery, and perpetuated by federal policy. Donald Trump: White welfare king and lord of the great grift 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z While I understand that sensibilities are different today, I am disappointed that some of the descendants of these freedmen now seem ashamed of a creation of which their ancestors were proud. Opinion | Lincoln’s D.C. statue is having a cultural reckoning of its own 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., dismissed the Muscogee Creek freedmen descendants’ lawsuit this week seeking citizenship in the Creek Nation. Freedmen citizenship lawsuit against Oklahoma tribe dropped 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z They were also enacting reforms, such as the 14th Amendment, that enshrined civil rights for a new constituency of freedmen and their allies. Review | The Secret Service chief who embodied the best and worst of Reconstruction 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Gore will hold a town hall meeting Tuesday in Union Hill, a community founded by freedmen and emancipated slaves after the Civil War. Al Gore to visit Virginia in environmental justice tour 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Union Hill was settled after the Civil War by freedmen and emancipated slaves. Virginia regulators unexpectedly delay decision on controversial gas project 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z She and Grayson joined forces with other Creek descendants in 2012 to file for recognition, host national conferences, and create a documentary currently in development on the history of Creek freedmen. The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z There are at least three such sites in Gregg County, including Pleasant Green Baptist Church and the site of the Shiloh School, both founded by freedmen. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until this day, months after the Civil War’s end, that freedmen learned of their emancipation. New Hampshire governor recognizes Juneteenth day 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But when Army generals began to fire Southern officials who were complicit in racist violence against black freedmen, Johnson responded by transferring the generals out of the South. ‘Kill the beast’: The impeachment trial that nearly took down a president 150 years ago 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The area around Downsville, Harrison and Asa was home of numerous cotton plantations before the Civil War and freedman communities starting with Reconstruction. Volunteers create comprehensive map of Waco-area cemeteries 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “It is a missing piece of history and it’s a valuable piece of history. Oklahoma history wouldn’t be – can’t be – history without the Creek freedmen.” The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Many of its historic freedmen villages are on the brink of extinction due mainly to encroaching development and the apathy of the larger community. South Carolina editorial roundup 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z They were fundamental to the settling of the West, both as slaves and freedmen. Restoring black Americans to the saddle 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z For most of the republic’s lifespan, from 1791 to 2008, those commas and clauses were debated by attorneys and senators, slave owners and freedmen, judges, Black Panthers, governors and lobbyists. The right to bear arms: what does the second amendment really mean? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z “You are a freedman. Are you satisfied with your new life? Why or why not?” the assignment reportedly asked. S.C. teacher on leave after asking students to argue in support of KKK 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z She “wondered why my mother, my aunts, no one was enrolled in the tribe until someone at the history center told me that my family were on Creek freedmen rolls”. The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Descendants of black slaves, known as freedmen, who once were owned by members of the Cherokee Nation have a right to tribal citizenship under a ruling handed down by a federal court in D.C. Military equipment dealer convicted for conspiracy, fraud 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Outdating many of the local Greek revival-style antebellum homes built by white planters, The Haven was commissioned — and possibly actually built by — brothers Thomas and Isaac Williams, freedmen of color. House built by and for freed slaves for sale in Columbus 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z The next letter is either a ‘P’ or a ‘T,’ but it’s actually Puri, then another big ‘L’ showing he’s a freedman, too. How to Decode an Ancient Roman’s Handwriting 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z After the war, Lee advised friends and family not to hire freedmen and worked to attract European immigrant labor to Virginia. Opinion | Should the National Cathedral remove its Robert E. Lee windows? It’s complicated. 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Slaves and freedmen alike worshipped under tents on the land until building the first church structure in 1847. Union Missionary Baptist Church in Texas draws attention 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z As a freedman, Allen moved to Philadelphia — the first city to begin the gradual emancipation of enslaved people. Perspective | Remember George Washington, but get to know Richard Allen, too 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z It’s the only house built by and for freedmen before the Civil War still standing in Columbus that either Ward or P'Pool know of. House built by and for freed slaves for sale in Columbus 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z I then have to make a guess that he meant to write Spurii, ‘the freedman of Spurius’—there’s not really a name Purus. How to Decode an Ancient Roman’s Handwriting 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In 1868, Lee shared his views on the freedmen with his youngest son: “I wish them no evil in the world . . . but our material, social and political interests are naturally with the whites.” Opinion | Should the National Cathedral remove its Robert E. Lee windows? It’s complicated. 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Bas-relief sculptures by Joanna Blake depict contrabands escaping from slavery to seek sanctuary in Alexandria and barefoot children learning to read at a freedmen’s school. ‘Mercy Street’-inspired experiences show other side of city 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The freedmen were not to be allowed to work more than 10 hours a day. Historic agreement with ‘Freedmen’ found in couple’s attic 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It’s possible an “exhaustive study” of old land records from the antebellum period could reveal more, P'Pool said, but there was a pretty small population of freedmen in antebellum Columbus to begin with. House built by and for freed slaves for sale in Columbus 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Leading the charge to disarm the freedmen was the Ku Klux Klan, organized in Tennessee in 1868. Whether the Second Amendment Applies to All Citizens Is Not a New Question 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z So Southern states passed the Black Codes, which among other things barred the freedmen from possessing firearms. The right to bear arms has mostly been for white people 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Tubman’s awareness that she deserved to be paid did not end after the Civil War, as she continued to fundraise relentlessly to help freedmen. The Reason Harriet Tubman Is Perfect for the $20 Bill 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The terms included that Moore would provide “good and sufficient quarters” in sanitary condition, “wholesome food, proper clothing, fuel and medical attendance” and also a plot of land to each freedman for personal gardening. Historic agreement with ‘Freedmen’ found in couple’s attic 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z But for homes built by and for freedmen, neither P'Pool nor Ward know of any outside Natchez aside from The Haven. House built by and for freed slaves for sale in Columbus 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z After the Civil War, Radical Republicans in 1866 passed the Freedmen’s Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act, guaranteeing the right of freedmen to bear arms for self-defense. Whether the Second Amendment Applies to All Citizens Is Not a New Question 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z I’ve also read the testimonies of slaves and freedmen that suffered under slavery, during the Civil War and through the Reconstruction. Confederate Heritage Month? We aren't ready for that | Latria Graham 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Re-enactors will also portray abolitionists, freedmen and members of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, a Northern unit comprised of black soldiers. Civil War re-enactors visiting Beaufort this weekend 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z “In 1872, on land across Salem Creek, streets were laid out and lots were sold for $10 each to freedmen,” Hartley said. A look back: Salem’s journey to becoming ‘Old Salem’ 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z With representation came freedmen serving in the state legislatures. Your Thursday Briefing 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Outraged, she watches what may be the nation’s only freedmen’s community still populated by founders’ descendants slowly melting into Midtown and downtown, Houston’s bigger and more politically powerful neighborhoods. Houstonians hope it’s not too late to save Freedmen’s Town 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Among other black soldiers at Bunker Hill was Salem Poor, a freedman and church member who later served at Valley Forge and in the Battle of White Plains. From the Archives: For Blacks, a Revolutionary War in Many Ways 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “Violence was averted by sacrificing the black freedmen in the South,” according to another textbook, “The American Pageant.” Five myths about Reconstruction 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z American Muslims, both slaves and freedmen, served in the American War of Independence and the War of 1812, and with both the Union Army and the Confederacy during the Civil War. There are far more Muslims ready to fight for the West than against it 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z It was to address the situation of the freedmen. Ben Carson Would Get a Beer With Jesus 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Most of the 60 or so residents of Tobytown are descendants of the freedmen — former slaves — who founded the community in 1875. A neighborhood in need of a bus 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z After the war, a few leaders even accepted the new U.S. order and espoused full citizenship for freedmen. The Right Way to Remember the Confederacy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z There happens to be one fairly new memorial to freedom in Fredericksburg, and other war memorials are making progress in recognizing the struggles and contributions of slaves and freedmen in the Civil War effort. Is America ready to deal with slavery, or just continue to miss the point? 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z It was discovered at the end of the 19th century by archaeologists working in the House of the Vettii, a large villa owned by two successful freedmen. Fresco Of Priapus From Pompeii Depicts Problematic Genitalia 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z "Without the military help of the black freedmen, the war against the South could not have been won," Lincoln said. Black Union soldier buried in Nevada finally honored 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Incensed by Lincoln’s message, which outlined his belief that at least some freedmen should be allowed the right to vote, Booth changed his plan from kidnap to murder. The Men Behind President Lincoln’s Assassination 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z How can we leave them on their pedestals when all bear the taint of being slave-owners or defenders of slavery, not to mention their subsequent varying degrees of opposition to full civil rights for freedmen? The Right Way to Remember the Confederacy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The community was founded by freedmen in 1870 on 31 acres. Black-settled Va. community after Civil War on registry 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The forest has overtaken lots where freedmen once lived. Black towns, established by freed slaves after the Civil War, are dying out 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The freedmen are still fighting to be included in the tribe and the matter is being weighed by a federal judge. Correction: Cherokee Election-Old Rivals story 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z White actors in blackface portray members of a barbaric, sex-crazed militia of freedmen that terrorizes and disenfranchises cowering whites. 'Writing History With Lightning': The Birth of a Nation at 100 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Ultimately, can we make the Confederacy worth remembering for the descendants of the slaves and those following generations of freedmen whom the whole nation betrayed by ignoring their new rights and liberties for a century? The Right Way to Remember the Confederacy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z He decreed that 400,000 acres of land in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida would be confiscated, divided into 40-acre lots for the freedmen: President Andrew Johnson later killed the plan. Three-Minute Briefing: Reality Check for GOP and Romney Steps to the Mic 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Racist Democrats essentially took over the state through terrorism and violent insurrection in the 1870s, after the federal government gave up on trying to protect the rights of the freedmen. Did black voters save Thad Cochran? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z At length the freedman came to her, and told her that the suicide was feigned. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It was now that the Greek freedman, L. Livius Andronicus, laid the foundation of a new Latin literature by his translation of the Odyssey, and that the Greek dramas were recast in a Latin mould. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z And this equality, for the time being, he extended to his freedmen, on the sensible point of view that they were then his guests, not his freedmen. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z But a conspiracy among the freedmen of the royal household informed the emperor of what was taking place, and at last even Claudius was aroused to a sense of her enormities. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It was proposed to banish the freedmen who were in the house, but Nero interposed and prevented it. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Condition of the freedmen of the Romans, 236 Frenchmen, the chief national virtues and causes of their influence in Europe, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Whereupon the freedman became suspicious, and warned the Emperor.' The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z His Secretaries of State were slaves and freedmen—men very often of great ability, but their past was against them. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Under the direction of the freedman Euodus, the armed men sought the outcast in her gardens, where she lay prostrate on the ground, by the side of her mother Lepida. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z From the time of Caligula, for several reigns, the most influential citizens were freedmen, who occupied the principal offices in the palace, and usually obtained complete ascendancy over the emperors. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z In Rome it was chiefly practised by slaves, freedmen, or foreigners. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z They came to change the character of the freedmen through an intelligent religion based upon actual knowledge of God as revealed in the Bible. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Harmony with Nature and with oneself is the ideal life; and this the outside world of Emperors, freedmen, bereavements and accidents generally, can neither give nor take away. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z These stages were pierced with numerous chambers, destined to receive, row within row, and story upon story, the remains of every member of the imperial family, with many thousands of their slaves and freedmen. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z What is a Roman knight, or freedman, or slave? History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The warriors, too, were carefully selected: Moreover, in the whole force there could be found no serf, no freedman, none of ignoble birth, none weak with old age. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z All of the church aid societies and many of those beyond the control of churchmen had for their purpose the industrial, social, intellectual, and religious improvement of the freedmen. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Another little work on the subject, which he addressed later on to Polybius, the freedman of Claudius, stands on a different footing, and his admirers could wish he had not written it. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z None dared to offer them any opposition; the slaves or freedmen fled and concealed themselves. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z He had begged that his body might be burned without posthumous insults, and this was conceded by Icelus, the freedman of Galba. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z They were drawn from all classes of society,—patricians, 946 knights, freedmen, slaves, philosophers, literary men, and, above all, lawyers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Within a few years the neglected masses of the freedmen unto whom the gospel had never been successfully preached were generally evangelized and provided with some sort of facilities for religious instruction. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z And as a fact we find that the freedman was throughout the readiest agent for all evil that Rome knew, and into the hands of such men the government of the world drifted. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z It clothed the freedman with the rights of a citizen. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z His freedman Phlegon is reported to have published a collection of them after his death. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z On the next page: "The freedmen shall not be vagrants; they shall be citizens." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The American Bible Society up to 1868, however, distributed a million copies of scriptural and religious works among the freedmen. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z If he seemed to be the slave and plaything of an Emperor or an imperial freedman, none the less a divine life pulsed within him, and he was an essential part of "the world." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z He was not satisfied until the freedman was an American Citizen—clothed with every civil right—until the Constitution was his shield—until the ballot was his sword. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z It formed the basis of the method of Cicero’s freedman, Tiro, who seems to have systematized the labours of his predecessors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z No tongue can exaggerate the cruelties practiced upon the helpless freedmen of the South. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Publication societies sold through colporters and missionaries religious literature adapted to the special needs of the freedmen and religious workers organized in churches circles devoted to the study of Christian doctrine and the Bible. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z In a future number we will hope to show how she means to do this through the freedmen.” A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z But there is a robuster force both of defence and of offence in the son of the Venusian freedman than in the young Phoenician freedman. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Look at the freedmen of the United States! The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z It will flood the cabins of the freedman with light, and clothe the weak in more than coat of mail, and wrap the poor and lowly in "measureless content." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z These Christian workers, however, cared not so much about proselyting as they did about education, the greatest need of the freedmen. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z They refused to educate or enfranchise the freedmen, and tried to reduce them to serfdom by heavy taxes and cruel punishments for petty crimes. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z The two latter, being freedmen, were naturally brought into closer association with, and dependence on, their social superiors. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z On attaining the age of twenty-two years, the freedman shall acquire the full control of his civil rights and his capital shall be paid to him. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z I want a nation that will protect a freedman standing in the sun by his little cabin, just as quick as it would protect Vanderbilt in a palace of marble and gold. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z Foreign friends of the race were equally active in promoting education and religion among the freedmen. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z The suffrage proved no protection to the freedman; for his white neighbours found that he could be more easily intimidated than educated. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z The commanding part they play in the affairs of their masters seems like a grotesque anticipation of the part played under the empire by Greek freedmen,— Viscera magnarum domuum dominique futuri. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z If the freedman of his own free will shall leave the control of his former master, the latter shall no longer be under the obligations mentioned in the foregoing article. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z She tells me much of her life among the freedmen, and Mother is soon deep in barrels of clothes, food, books, etc., for Miss A. to take back with her. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The General Assembly in session at Pittsburg in 1865 appointed a special committee on freedmen, with 18 members, two of whom were designated as secretary and treasurer. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z The ballot has not been so great a blessing to the freedmen as it might have been if it had been preceded by national schools, and given voluntarily by State after State. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Many of these acts betokened an intention on the part of the lawmakers to reduce the freedmen to a state of serfdom or peonage. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z When the freedman has reached the age of eighteen years, he shall receive half the wages of a freedman. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z The inhabitants of these cities were chiefly Persians, freedmen and tradesmen, who had been long accustomed to the arts of civilisation. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Among the first was the Friends Association of Philadelphia and its vicinity for the Relief of Colored Freedmen, which between 1863 and 1867 expended $210,500 among the freedmen in Virginia and North Carolina. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Gracchus stringently enforced the limitation of the freedmen to the four city tribes, which completely destroyed their influence in the comitia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z It did not give citizenship or civil rights to the freedmen. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Slavery in America was the greatest benefit that any large part of the negro race ever received; and sudden and unqualified emancipation was woe inexpressible to nearly all the freedmen. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Nor is Abú Muslim, though a freedman of obscure parentage—he was certainly no Arab—unworthy to be compared with the great patrician. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Such was the experience of Francisco Xavier de Luna Victoria, son of a freedman, a Panama charcoal burner, whose chief ambition was to educate this young man for the priesthood. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z The charm of rank is dissolved, for there is no rank with a centurion's son bearing the �gis, and freedmen dispensing hospitality in the mansions of the ancient Quirites! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z This is the valuable section of the bill so far as protecting the rights of freedmen is concerned. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z In the south, where reversion to West African society has been checked by white government, this is a full catalogue of the main institutions evolved by the freedmen. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z He came of a 'Renegade' family, but he was so far from honouring his Christian ancestors that he pretended to trace his descent to a Persian freedman of Yazíd b. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z There were no classes of people in the Republic whose grief was more demonstrative than that of the soldiers and the freedmen. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z But before the vote, the Cherokee Supreme Court issued a ruling that banished 2,800 freedmen from the tribe, leading to allegations of political corruption. Cherokee tribe gets new chief after contentious election 2011-10-20T01:38:13Z The latter was of the opinion that the only sure way to protect the freedmen was to give them the right to vote. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The management of a farm is not like that of a plantation, and one skilled in the management of slaves is not necessarily efficient in the directing of freedmen. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The freedmen supported his challenger, Baker, because of Smith's efforts to ban the descendants of slaves owned by tribe members in the pre-Civil War era from citizenship. Defeated Cherokee chief sues to stop succession 2011-10-18T02:19:49Z The object of this Bill was to provide for the destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z The freedmen, backed by the federal government, say they are guaranteed tribal citizenship by the Treaty of 1866 with the U.S. government. Cherokee tribe gets new chief after contentious election 2011-10-20T01:38:13Z The bill does not go far enough, if what we have been told to-day in regard to the treatment of freedmen in the Southern States is true. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The law discouraged manumission, and frowned upon the increase of freedmen. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z But the status of the freedmen is expected to remain an issue in the courts. Defeated Cherokee chief sues to stop succession 2011-10-18T02:19:49Z The so-called African American freedmen supported the challenger because of Chief Smith's efforts to ban the descendants of Cherokee-held slaves from citizenship. Cherokee certify new chief for first time in 12 years 2011-10-12T22:28:16Z The freedmen eventually saw their voting rights temporarily restored in an out-of-court settlement, secured with the help of the federal government. Cherokee tribe gets new chief after contentious election 2011-10-20T01:38:13Z When some 2,800 freedmen were kicked out of the tribe a month before the election by order of the tribe's supreme court, it set off furious allegations of dirty politics. Controversial Cherokee chief loses re-election bid 2011-10-12T03:56:39Z Enfranchisement was common; and, in a few generations afterwards, the descendants of the freedman were indistinguishable amid the body of free citizens. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Smith said the agreement violates tribal law, while Baker said he would have won the election even if the freedmen had not been allowed to vote. Defeated Cherokee chief sues to stop succession 2011-10-18T02:19:49Z The freedmen believe they are guaranteed tribal citizenship by the Treaty of 1866 with the U.S. government. Cherokee certify new chief for first time in 12 years 2011-10-12T22:28:16Z The long-term status of citizenship for the freedmen remains at issue in federal court. Cherokee tribe gets new chief after contentious election 2011-10-20T01:38:13Z Vann pointed to a Cherokee supreme court order issued earlier on Tuesday, just hours before the election results were announced, that attacked the federal settlement that had enabled the freedmen to participate in the election. Controversial Cherokee chief loses re-election bid 2011-10-12T03:56:39Z Especially ought there to have been established something like the Roman patronate, under which the freedman would have been sure of wise advice, beneficial overlooking, and efficient protection from his former master. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z In 1881 we enlarged our mission by establishing a mission among the freedmen of the South. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z But the issue of the status of the freedmen is expected to remain an issue in the courts. Cherokee certify new chief for first time in 12 years 2011-10-12T22:28:16Z Another officer, Don Juan Costa, had a record of ninety-six negroes killed by the lash, of whom fifty-four were slaves and forty-two freedmen. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z He has complained that an agreement with the federal government that allowed the so-called freedmen to vote was an election irregularity engineered to favor his opponent. Controversial Cherokee chief loses re-election bid 2011-10-12T03:56:39Z The freedmen citizenship issue has festered for decades. Voting ends in controversial Cherokee election of chief 2011-10-09T00:42:21Z But they find common ground on the freedmen issue: Both want them booted. Descendants of slaves once owned by Cherokee Indians fight to stay in tribe, keep benefits 2011-10-07T20:33:56Z Baker said the freedmen vote "didn't play a big role" in his election because of his margin of victory. Cherokee certify new chief for first time in 12 years 2011-10-12T22:28:16Z If a negro had a little money saved to buy his freedom, or, if he was a freedman, to obtain a little business, he stood a better chance of his life. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z On Tuesday night, despite the apparent victory for the freedmen of the tribe, one of their leaders, Marilyn Vann, said she was cautious about celebrating. Controversial Cherokee chief loses re-election bid 2011-10-12T03:56:39Z The freedmen and the federal government maintain they are rightful citizens of the tribe because of the Treaty of 1866 with the U.S. government. Voting ends in controversial Cherokee election of chief 2011-10-09T00:42:21Z Nash, offers the freedmen an alternative forum for the legal issues underlying the case to be addressed. Judge tosses 1 of 2 lawsuits over whether slave descendants have right to Cherokee citizenship 2011-10-02T05:17:17Z The freedmen say they were granted tribal membership by a 19th century treaty with the government, and filed suit against the Cherokees in federal court. Judge says Cherokees violate voting rights, extends election 2011-09-27T22:34:29Z 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. APNewsBreak: Judge reopens voting in tight race for Cherokee chief to any who missed it 2011-09-27T18:41:23Z The Cherokee justices said the federal court order that ensured the freedmen of voting rights and was later filed with the tribal court was "stricken, withdrawn and unenforceable." Controversial Cherokee chief loses re-election bid 2011-10-12T03:56:39Z The federal government maintains the freedmen belong in the tribe because the Treaty of 1866 required freed Cherokee-held slaves to be tribal citizens. Cherokees vote for chief as freedmen issue settled 2011-09-25T00:29:19Z Friday’s ruling doesn’t affect a court order issued last week that allows the freedmen to vote in the special election for principal chief. Judge tosses 1 of 2 lawsuits over whether slave descendants have right to Cherokee citizenship 2011-10-02T05:17:17Z The night before the election, the freedmen attorneys charged the tribe violated the court order by failing to meet a September 21 deadline to mail absentee ballots and written notification to freedmen voters. Judge says Cherokees violate voting rights, extends election 2011-09-27T22:34:29Z Last week, Kennedy approved an agreement between the tribe, the federal government and the freedmen that guaranteed the freedmen full citizenship in the tribe. APNewsBreak: Judge reopens voting in tight race for Cherokee chief to any who missed it 2011-09-27T18:41:23Z You are coming too, uncle; you also, Thrasyllus; we shall all go, all my freedmen and slaves. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z 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. Cherokees vote for chief as freedmen issue settled 2011-09-25T00:29:19Z Kennedy also transferred a second lawsuit by the Cherokee Nation against another group of freedmen back to federal court in Tulsa, where it was initially filed. Judge tosses 1 of 2 lawsuits over whether slave descendants have right to Cherokee citizenship 2011-10-02T05:17:17Z Previously, hundreds of freedmen descendants were only told they could cast provisional ballots Saturday, but they would only be counted in the event of a court order. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z The longstanding dispute between the tribe and the freedmen has only complicated the Sept. Okla. tribe?s commission allows freedmen to vote with provisional ballots in upcoming election 2011-09-15T02:10:25Z An army of freedmen followed on horses and mules; and the passers-by pointed to the imposing procession, evidently the household of a very wealthy Roman who was going to Canopus to dream. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z "It's disconcerting," she said, criticizing the tribe's acting principal chief for not consulting the tribal council before making a deal to let the freedmen vote. Cherokees vote for chief as freedmen issue settled 2011-09-25T00:29:19Z It didn’t determine whether the treaty was valid or whether the freedmen were or were not citizens,” Velie told The Associated Press Friday night. Judge tosses 1 of 2 lawsuits over whether slave descendants have right to Cherokee citizenship 2011-10-02T05:17:17Z “This is why it’s such a huge day for the freedmen,” said tribal attorney Jon Velie, who represents some of the freedmen in court. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z The decision came after the federal government ordered the Cherokees to restore rights and benefits to about 2,800 freedmen descendants. Okla. tribe?s commission allows freedmen to vote with provisional ballots in upcoming election 2011-09-15T02:10:25Z The troop of slaves, male and female, and freedmen, with Vettius and Rufus, hastened on board to await the master’s coming. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z An 1866 treaty between the tribe and the federal government gave the freedmen and their descendants “all the rights of native Cherokees.” Cherokees expel slaves? descendants from tribe, cutting medical care, housing, other services 2011-09-09T22:19:29Z “Hold your peace, I want to hear what my Master has to command me,” is the language of the Christian freedman, who is free that he may serve, and because he serves. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z “I would say the freedmen won this battle, but the war is still not over,” Keen said. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z Election Commission chairwoman Susan Plumb said in a statement following a special meeting that allowing Cherokee freedmen who are registered to vote to cast such ballots will help the commission prepare for possible court challenges. Okla. tribe?s commission allows freedmen to vote with provisional ballots in upcoming election 2011-09-15T02:10:25Z But you shall go to school, to the freedmen’s college. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Along with losing services, Nash and other descendants of freedmen won’t be able to vote in the hotly contested Sept. Cherokees expel slaves? descendants from tribe, cutting medical care, housing, other services 2011-09-09T22:19:29Z Carrier's project helps African American families in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida find their Barbadian, or Bajan, roots through a searchable document database, freedmen's bureau records and genealogy web sites. Barbados promotes historic ties to South Carolina 2011-09-06T12:22:36Z Tribal experts believe the freedmen could swing the vote to new leadership of one of the country’s largest tribes. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z “If a court decides the freedmen descendants can vote we will have the ability to certify the election,” Plumb said. Okla. tribe?s commission allows freedmen to vote with provisional ballots in upcoming election 2011-09-15T02:10:25Z The pedagogue, or tutor, was an elderly freedman, tall, lean, serious, grey-haired and grey-bearded. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z “This definitely is a setback for our freedmen people because we were all eager to vote in the upcoming election,” said Marilyn Vann, president of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes. Cherokees expel slaves? descendants from tribe, cutting medical care, housing, other services 2011-09-09T22:19:29Z A defenceless girl who had been sent down from the North as teacher of the freedmen's school, had been dragged from her bed at midnight and brutally whipped by some cowardly ruffians. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z Chad Smith, who was chief until a temporary replacement was named after the June election, has actively campaigned for the last decade to remove non-Cherokee freedmen from the tribe’s voter rolls. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z The news spread like a conflagration through the land; the old adherents of the royal family hurried to pay him homage; the descendants of the Omeyyad freedmen put themselves under his orders. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z I am willing to work: it's for the freedmen as well as the Chesters, and I think it very kind of them to let me share the labor and the fun. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Federal lawmakers who believe the amendment violated the freedmen’s civil rights had lobbied federal agencies to cut funding to the tribe. Cherokees expel slaves? descendants from tribe, cutting medical care, housing, other services 2011-09-09T22:19:29Z The conferring of civil rights so early upon the freedmen. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z But in the meantime, it upheld a 2007 vote by tribe members to revoke the freedmen’s suffrage rights after three-fourths of voters favored doing so. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z And he was an actor in the Old Comedy, a freedman of that most accomplished king Adrian, and called by him the Attic partridge. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z At first the bulk of the people were slaves or serfs, but from the seventh century a large class of freedmen—farmers and artisans—came into existence. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Large bodies of persons were also transported in this manner; thus Tiberius sent 4000 freedmen to Sardinia for Jewish or Egyptian superstitious practices. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z A new ukase respecting the emancipation of the slaves which was issued in 1842, fixed the relative position of freedmen and their former lords. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Baker accused Smith and his attorneys of cutting Tuesday’s compromise deal to allow the freedmen to vote while “ignoring our nation’s sovereignty.” Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z On the return journey, if the astrologer was suspected of indiscretion or treachery, the freedman threw him into the sea, to bury the secret. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z He was already a freedman of Christ, and he knew it. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z One learns to estimate military courage very moderately, when one sees that the Roman Legions, precisely when they were mercenary, bad, slavish, and half freedmen, namely, under the Triumvirate, fought more courageously than ever. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z So does Phlegon, a freedman of Hadrian, who wrote a work on the Olympian festival, and gave a list of victors, probably from the same source as Eusebius' list. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Tuesday’s agreement would count those votes and stipulate that a letter go out to other freedman by Thursday notifying them of their right to participate. Slave descendants get Cherokee voting rights, possible tribal inclusion: War ?still not over? 2011-09-21T21:12:35Z The different degrees were those of slave, freedman, tenant-farmer and great landowner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Gradually a little band of Christ's freedmen gathered around me. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z In that stifling Ragnarok, family estates feudal in extent were seized as "abandoned lands" and parcelled out to freedman, who had been enticed to abandon them in order to succeed their masters in ownership. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z He disliked the freedman's bureau, which substituted northern alien machinery for the old patriarchal relation between white employer and black employe. Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. 2011-04-28T02:00:15.077Z The second day out we had dinner at the house of the chief of the Chickasaws, having had breakfast at a freedman's house, both of which were worth describing. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z Felix, Antonius or Claudius, procurator of Jud�a and freedman of the Emperor Claudius, is described by Tacitus as unscrupulous and profligate both in his public and private conduct. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Offices were opened at the county seats, where complaints of freedmen were lodged and investigations conducted. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z He was, in early youth, the freedman of one Terentius Lucanus in that city, whose name has been perpetuated only by the glory of his slave. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He saw the "carpetbagger" urging upon the freedman civic rights which he knew the latter was not educated enough to perform. Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. 2011-04-28T02:00:15.077Z Lenæus, the freedman of Pompey, avenged his master, by the most virulent abuse of his enemy190, in a work, which should rather be regarded as a frantic satire than an historical document. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z A Jew resident in Sidon, greatly resembling Alexander, the elder of the deceased brothers, in features, was persuaded by a Roman freedman, with whom he had been brought up, to personate the late prince. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z The agents gave notice that nobody would be allowed to employ freedmen unless the contracts were submitted to and approved by them and left in their custody. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Although the freedmen and the rescued captives received free gifts of land, their dislike for the labours of the field induced many to abandon their holdings, and take to huckstering and other more pleasant pursuits. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z But most important of all was the legislation of these States respecting the freedman. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z They were probably transcribed by himself, and copies of them multiplied by his freedmen, such as Tyro and Tyrannio, whom he had accustomed to accurate transcription. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The crusade against Ministers of the Gospel who preached to the freedmen, was then commenced. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z Some of the agents secured plantations and used them as refuges for dissatisfied freedmen, who were fed and clothed. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Another fact which appeared prominently in the speeches and resolutions of this session was the growing fear, real or assumed, that freedmen and loyal persons in the South were in mortal danger. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z This provided that freedmen found with no lawful employment or business, or unlawfully assembling together, should be deemed vagrants, and be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z With Varro and Nigidius Figulus, may be classed Tiro, the celebrated freedman of Cicero, and constant assistant in all his literary pursuits. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Rev. Mr. Galloway, a Congregationalist Minister, of Monroe County, was in the habit occasionally of preaching to the freedmen. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z It enacted a law to protect freedmen in Alabama in their rights of person and property. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Toward the freedmen General Meade assumed the attitude of his predecessor. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z On the first day of the session Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, had introduced a bill looking to the personal protection of the freedmen. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z But the works,—at least the prose works,—of the Romans were seldom written out in the hand of the author, and were generally dictated by him to some slave or freedman instructed in penmanship. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z By means of his freedmen the emperor introduced the more rigorous economy of the Roman household into public finance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Sometimes after the planter had contracted in the prescribed manner with freedmen, and had his crops in process of cultivation, the hands would quit work, and only intervention by the agent would make them return. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Besides following the two policies of suppressing resistance and protecting freedmen, Meade used his power to a great extent simply in the interest of the general welfare. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z Up to this time there had been no legislation affecting the status of the freedman. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z But even the works most carefully prepared in the closet were notata, in a similar manner, by slaves and freedmen. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The freedmen formed a numerous class among the Romans; and it is known to what important posts slaves have risen in the Turkish empire. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z George Houston, a freedman, was sent to the lower house of the legislature. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Many of the Greek democracies had a few hundred or a few thousand citizens and then many thousands of slaves, freedmen and so forth, with no share in public affairs. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The war having resulted in the anomalous condition of the several millions of freedmen, some such legislation was necessary, especially in view of the fact that discriminative legislation was being enacted in the South. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z Tiro, the favourite freedman of Cicero, greatly increased the number, and brought this sort of tachygraphy to its greatest perfection among the Romans. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The freedman is no longer forced, by the fear of corporal punishment, to do a prescribed task of work. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The rule of the carpetbagger and scalawag and freedman was a “reign of terror,” and thrilling as well as deplorable were the incidents of the struggle to throw off the yoke. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z The control of the imperial correspondence and purse was 726 at first in the hands of freedmen and slaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Intermarriage of a white with any freedman, free negro or mulatto, should be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z These memoirs were sent by Epicadus, the freedman of Sylla, to Lucullus, in order that he might put to them the finishing hand. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The second attempt of the freedmen toward economic safety lay in industry. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z Some states absolutely forbade the freedmen to engage in skilled work, leaving for them only the most menial and least profitable occupations. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z Thus a civil career was open to the equites without the obligation of preliminary military service, and the emperor was freed from the pernicious influence of freedmen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Any one was authorized to arrest and return a deserting freedman, receiving therefor five dollars reward and mileage, all costs to be paid from the wages of the deserter. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z Tiro, the freedman of Cicero, wrote a long and elaborate criticism on this oration. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z These ill-advised attempts were frustrated by the Fifteenth Amendment which made the freedmen voters. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z As a boy he was a slave in the house of Epaphroditus, a freedman and courtier of the emperor Nero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z What was the Federal Government to do with the freedman? Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z It continued in force the act of March 3, 1865, and extended the jurisdiction of the bureau to freedmen and refugees in all parts of the United States. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z It was founded by the American Colonization Society in 1822, for the purpose of establishing a settlement for the freedmen of the United States. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The Fourteenth Amendment gave the freedmen civil rights and put a premium on granting them political rights, but the premium was not accepted and the civil rights remained unenforced. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z Some of them therefore thought themselves privileged in beating the freedman out of the fruits of their toil in every possible way. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z The country was grateful for the result; though the poor freedmen, ingulfed in the unknown wastes of ocean, on their glad passage home, were never able to mingle joys with their fellow-citizens. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z Unoccupied public lands in the Southern States, not to exceed three million acres, were to be set apart for freedmen. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z Just at the close of the war he was a boy in a freedman’s school at Atlanta. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Here then are the two developments—a determined effort at an established serfdom on the part of landholding capitalists, and a determined effort on the part of freedmen and their sons to attain economic independence. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z The public papers were full of the freedman's complaints at the time. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z How gloriously it sounded now, sung by five hundred freedmen in the Savannah slave-mart, where some of the singers had been sold in days gone by! The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The Freedmen’s Bureau and civil rights bills constituted a temporary protection to the freedmen; the right of habeas corpus still remained suspended and military authority prevailed throughout the conquered region. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z As a predial laborer, the freedman was nearly worthless, and the sugar crop, which is the staple, went down to zero. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z After Emancipation, Northern officials were surprised to see that most freedmen didn’t move far from where they’d been enslaved. Book Review | 'The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations,' by Ira Berlin 2010-03-19T15:20:00Z Robbing and stealing from the injured freedmen followed, and then he went out working mischief after dark with the aid of his shot-gun. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z Mr. Houston and a party of freedmen had been to Skidaway Island to take possession of lands under General Sherman's order, and commence a colony. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The bill itself was moderate, the freedmen obviously needed the legislation, but the President considered the principles at stake of sufficient importance to justify him in further antagonizing Congress. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z I had known it in its palmiest days, having visited it when a midshipman in the old service, before the happy slave had been converted into the wretched freedman. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Whatever tincture of letters was found in any other class was confined to freedmen or learned Greeks, such as Archias and Theophanes, attached to the houses of the nobility. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil But the freedmen were not the only people who had to be provided for. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z Four millions of freedmen are candidates for citizenship, who at the beginning of the Rebellion had no rights under the flag of the Union. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Laws that made it almost impossible for the freedman to secure the just return for his labor, were followed by laws punishing him for his poverty. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z While in this position he became convinced that the only permanent solution of the manifold difficulties which the freedmen encountered lay in their moral and industrial education. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Tacitus and Suetonius seem to be ignorant of this particular scandal, but they record the wholesale banishment to Sardinia of persons of the freedmen class, who were infected with Judaic or Egyptian superstition. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius From this day forward he is exempt from all subjection of servitude, of all duty of a freedman, all bond of clientship. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) General Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15, dated January 16, 1865, permitted the freedmen to take possession of the abandoned lands. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The acts purporting to secure the protection of the freedmen were cunningly hedged in by limitations which made them worthless. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z True, there was a secondary object in view in granting the freedmen suffrage. Races and Immigrants in America Slaves and freedmen were always the most ardent adherents and apostles of foreign rites. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The class of freedmen was a large and growing one in Rome. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men He read and explained General Sherman's order, and told them of the advancement which the freedmen had made at Beaufort. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida in their ratifications of the 13th Amendment stated their understanding to be that it did not confer upon Congress power to legislate upon the political status of the freedman. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z "Swing low, sweet chariot," sang the freedmen, and two by two they passed along, strewing the graves with flowers till all the green was dotted with color. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The policy of the Flavian dynasty in the employment of freedmen is rather ambiguous. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Moreover, he organized something like a voters’ army of slaves and freedmen, which turned out on his instructions, and lived on the free corn given out by the State. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men A freedman took down the gilt letters for me, and knocked off the great lock from the outer iron gate, and the smaller lock from the inner door. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z A committee of conference agreed upon a new bill creating a department of freedmen’s affairs, reporting to the President. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z And then he came into Jubilee, and found three of his freedmen drunk and quarreling in the street. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches But the reciter had many expenses, from the hire of chairs to the fees to freedmen and slaves, who acted as claqueurs. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The town mob was swollen by freedmen—slaves who had saved enough money to buy themselves off—they too had votes. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Juvenal was born at Aquinum in Latium and was the son or foster son of a wealthy freedman. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes So much of the President’s message as related to freedmen, and all papers relating to the same subject, were to be referred to it. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z But, when the war was over, the fire which had burned within burst forth in the thought, "The freedmen!" Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches His own freedmen, as he tells a fellow-guest, are entertained as equals at his table. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He took soldiers from the towns as well as from the country, from among freedmen and paupers as well as from among citizens. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men Slaves, freedmen, merchants, traders, warriors and noblemen crowded that two-thirds of the room set aside for their use. The Return of Tharn But the attitude of the people themselves had greatly changed since the ill treatment of the freedmen and the objectionable legislation of the Southern States had been placed vividly before the public through the newspapers. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z Early next morning the army of slaves whO had charge of the Coliseum, under the direction of Fulvus, the freedman, were hard at work. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Yet, after all reservations, the ascent of the freedmen remains a great and beneficent revolution. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Mr. E. P. Smith, who writes the interesting description above, of the first expedition we sent to the West, has since become honorably distinguished by labors among the freedmen as agent of the Christian Commission. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The great patrician families—“an oligarchy of warriors and slaveholders”—did not themselves engage in trade, but, entering on large speculations, employed as their agents their clients, libertini or freedmen, and, later, their slaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" So long as Government maintains a freedmen's bureau, administered by men of such high moral character, we must think, at all events, that there are strong indications in the right direction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 He might point to our lynchings and riots; to our unpunished murders of Chinese, Italians and Mexicans; to the system of repression, by which the Southern whites terrorized the freedmen after the Civil War. American World Policies The emperor employed his freedmen to write his despatches and administer the finances of the Empire, as he would have used them to write his private letters or to manage his private estates. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Some are rough boys and young men, who are admirably controlled by a most gentle lady, who is Principal; her assistant was fittingly prepared for the work by teaching among the freedmen. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them In the following year, 1015, he returned with a great fleet manned by a picked host, “not a thrall or a freedman among them.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" There never was an instance of a powerful government showing more tenderness in the protection of a weak and defenceless race than ours has shown in the care of the freedmen hitherto. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 In trusting them, we give them political power, including the license to oppress loyal persons, whether white or black, and especially the freedman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Another member of his household, a freedman named Zosimus, suffered from the same malady. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This policy was to allow the freedmen to vote and to deprive the Confederate leaders of the right to do so. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Further, the similarity between the two names can hardly be accidental; it is suggested that the poet may have been adopted by the courtier, or that he was the son of a freedman of Piso. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" In Barbados, on the contrary, the population was so dense that the freedman must either work or starve. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Our foremost duties now are to pay our debts, and these are twofold:—first, to the national freedman; and, secondly, to the national creditor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Pliny’s relations with his slaves and freedmen were very like those which the kindly English squire cultivates towards his household and dependents. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius At the same time, he was not particularly concerned for the welfare of the freed slaves, who were called "freedmen." The Greater Republic A History of the United States He was stabbed in his bedroom by a freedman of Clemens named Stephanus on the 18th of September 96. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" These subaltern employees of the state were free men, no longer slaves or freedmen like their predecessors of the principate. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. It is better that they should wait than that the general security be imperilled, or our solemn obligations, whether to the national freedman or the national creditor, be impaired. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 In his social relations with his freedmen Pliny always shows himself the perfect, kindly gentleman. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius While they had not formulated any clear policy, they were resolved to protect the freedmen in all their rights. The Greater Republic A History of the United States A conspiracy among his own freedmen—set on foot, it is said, by his wife Domitia Longina, who knew her own life to be threatened—cut short his career. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The subaltern personnel of the various bureaus, the clerks, accountants, etc., during the first two centuries of the principate was composed almost entirely of imperial freedmen and slaves. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. My freedmen have been with me and have worked for one-sixth of my crop. A Woman's Wartime Journal An account of the passage over a Georgia plantation of Sherman's army on the march to the sea, as recorded in the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt Why, we are to have a three days’ show of gladiators on the next holiday, not of the common sort, but many freedmen among them. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The vexatious question was as to the treatment of the freedmen. The Greater Republic A History of the United States It is true, of course, that the number of those completing their terms of indenture is not an absolute gauge, at any given date, of the size of the freedman class. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The way was thus gradually paved for completely dispensing with the services of freedmen and slaves in any part of the civil administration. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. I think you were--" "His slave, then freedman. The Scarlet Banner It is significant that the patrons were, in very many cases, Seviri and Augustales, a body which in the provinces, as we have seen, was generally composed of new men of the freedman class. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "I already know who it is; it is Photius, the freedman of Belisarius." A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 In 1627 the Virginia General Court issued an order which is significant of the attitude of the colony itself to the freedmen. The Planters of Colonial Virginia Not only persons of free birth but also freedmen and slaves, and in many cases women as well as men, were freely admitted to membership in the colleges. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. "The races cannot take place," lamented Thrasabad, to whom a freedman had just brought a message. The Scarlet Banner The religion of Mithra, when it was confined to an obscure circle of slaves or freedmen at Ostia, was a superstition to the pontifical college. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "And no longer a bond-servant, but with the long hair of a freedman?" A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 When all possible allowance is made for transfers of rights it is obvious that at this time freedmen were still entering freely into the class of landowners. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The result of these wholesale manumissions was a tremendous increase in the freedmen class. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. So my freedman says, who understands such things, an Aphrodite. The Scarlet Banner Even the slaves and freedmen of great houses organised themselves in colleges. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "He was the freedman of my father, with whom my mother and sister took refuge, and who----" "Fell before Rome with your brother!" A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 For the poor freedman, it was not sufficient to provide for his support and at the same time make it possible to accumulate a working capital. The Planters of Colonial Virginia On the other hand, freedmen and slaves, who might well be employed in a clerical position, obviously could not be made the sole civil servants of the princeps. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. I had them killed by my freedman and secured his escape. The Scarlet Banner He witnessed the reign of the freedmen, the infamies of Messalina, the intrigues of Agrippina, and the treacherous murder of Britannicus; he knew all the secrets of that ghastly court. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "Not even in the house of his freedman, Photius?" A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 It is evident, then, that the ability of the freedman to secure a position of economic independence hinged upon the profit to be derived from his little tobacco crop. The Planters of Colonial Virginia For a moment Italy trembled in fear of an invasion; in the raising of new legions even freedmen were called into service. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. "The messenger I sent to the prisoners--one of my freedmen--misunderstood your words: 'Have them taken away, where no one can free them.'" The Scarlet Banner They had to contribute to the amusement of the people, and to support a crowd of clients and freedmen. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The freedman took the other horse and rode off at a gallop towards the river, which at this point was very broad. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 In fact it is probable that even so early as 1628 the average output of one freedman was not less than 1,000 pounds. The Planters of Colonial Virginia An important change was introduced under Claudius, when his influential freedmen caused the creation within the imperial household of a number of secretaryships with definite titles that indicated the sphere of their duties. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. It embraces, while recognizing their inferiority, the slave and the freedman; so that the master, in living with them, feels himself among his own people. Roman Women He also left more than £4000 for public baths, and a sum of nearly £16,000 to his freedmen, and for communal feasts. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius All the slaves and freedmen were upon the walls--either living or dead. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 It is obvious that the small planter class had its origin partly in the immigration of persons who paid their own passage, partly in the graduation into freedmen of large numbers of indentured servants. The Planters of Colonial Virginia At the same time the influence of the freedmen who occupied these important positions was responsible for the admission of freedmen to many of the minor administrative procuratorships. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The emperor was killed by a freedman, a steward of Domitilla. Roman Women It is also a funerary society, and seems to be composed of freedmen and of slaves, either belonging to the colony or private masters. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "Do you think he will sacrifice his freedman?" A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 Instances of the election of freedmen to the House, fairly frequent in the early years of the colony, became rarer as the century advanced and the field of selection widened. The Planters of Colonial Virginia With the freeborn foreign population mingled the thousands of slaves and freedmen of every race and tongue. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Trade by the Roman nobility was always considered degrading, especially if not extensive, says Cicero; they therefore traded by making their slaves or freedmen the ostensible merchants. Roman Women A provincial treasurer at Ephesus, who was a verna Augusti, commits the custody of his wife’s monument to five colleges of slaves and freedmen in the emperor’s household. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This garden had been laid out by a skilled freedman from Asia Minor. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) It is evident that even so late as the middle of the century the door of opportunity was still open to the freedmen. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The importance of the rôle played by the freedmen in Roman society was in proportion to their numbers. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. He concealed himself in an underground hiding place, whose entrance was known only to two faithful freedmen. Roman Women Families die out; faithful freedmen and their children cannot keep their watch for ever. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It shall not be sung in the halls of the Goths that the freedman Witichis was more self-sacrificing than the chief of the nobility! A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The margin of profit which formerly had made it possible for the freedman to advance rapidly was now wiped out entirely and the poor man found it impossible to keep out of debt. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The eager pursuit of money at all costs was their common characteristic, and “freedman’s wealth” was a proverbial expression for riches quickly acquired. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Sc�vinus impatiently ordered his freedman Milichus to put the weapon to the grindstone and bring it to a sharp point. Roman Women Of all the great freedmen, probably none approached him in magnificent insolence. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "An old freedman of his father, who accompanied him, bore him out of the fight, but I hear that he died before they could reach the village." A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The guiding hand of the Company was missed by the freedmen after the revoking of the charter, for the Governors seem to have left them to shift for themselves. The Planters of Colonial Virginia In addition to his speeches and oratorical and philosophic treatises Cicero left to posterity a great collection of letters which were collected and published after his death by his freedman secretary. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The dastardly freedman forthwith began to boast among his friends of the favors he received from the young empress. Roman Women Encolpius and Trimalchio and his coarse freedman friends are people with whom the author would never have dined, but whom, at a safe social distance, he found infinitely amusing as well as disgusting. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The slave who kept the gate told him to go to the old Hortularius, Valeria's freedman, who had the care of the garden. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 While the number of those under indenture remained practically stationary, the size of the freedman class grew larger with the passing of the years. The Planters of Colonial Virginia His greatest weakness was that he was completely under the influence of his wives, of whom he had in succession four, and his favorite freedmen. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. If Messalina counted on the fidelity of the freedmen, to whose friendship she had many times confided her safety, she erred: for on this occasion they fatally betrayed her. Roman Women But, on leaving the rich freedman’s halls they once more pass into scenes where a modern pen cannot venture to follow them. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This freedman had been admitted to the lovers' confidence, and now took the plants from the supposed gardener's boy, and led him into his sleeping-room, the low windows of which opened into the garden. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Such a conception takes no account of the annual translation of hundreds of men and women from bondsmen into freedmen. The Planters of Colonial Virginia Definite offices developed within the imperial household not only for the conduct of public business but also for the control of slaves and freedmen in the domestic service of the princeps. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The freedman indulged his spite and taunted her with insolent reproaches. Roman Women The really interesting part of their adventure is the dinner at the house of Trimalchio, a rich freedman, to which these rascals were invited. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The faithful freedman took her back to the sheltered Villa of Tifernum, which she now deeply regretted ever having left. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 To determine this it would be necessary to know the average span of life of the freedman, a thing certainly not worked out at the time and impossible of accomplishment now. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The clients were recruited partly from freedmen, partly from citizens of low birth, and partly from persons of the better class who had fallen upon evil days. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. This doubtless was at the time considered ample, though Seneca, in the later days of luxury, declared that it would not suffice to purchase a mirror for the daughter of a freedman. Roman Women In the reigns of Claudius and Nero especially, freedmen rose to the highest places in the imperial service, sometimes by unquestionable knowledge, tact, and ability, sometimes by less creditable arts. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But if the Federal government can thus give the white inhabitants, or any portion of them, the right of suffrage, cannot it confer that right upon the black freedmen? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 It must also be remembered that the freedman, by a display of energy and capability, might acquire property, marry and rear a family. The Planters of Colonial Virginia In Italy, and probably throughout the western provinces, the bulk of the work of this sort was done by slaves and freedmen. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The palace of Claudius was full of freedmen--men who had been emancipated from slavery and had found the means to amass wealth and attain influence--and of Greek adventurers. Roman Women It suited the cautious policy of Augustus to disguise his vast powers under the quiet exterior of an ordinary noble; and the freedmen of his household carried on the business of the State. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The right of the freedmen, not merely to the common privileges of citizens, but to own themselves, depends on the connection of the States in which they live with the United States being preserved. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The size of the annual immigration could in no wise alter this situation, for the greater the influx of servants, the greater would be the resulting graduation into the class of freedmen. The Planters of Colonial Virginia There was a large proportion of slaves belonging to the mansions of the wealthy, and of freedmen engaged in business for themselves or for their patrons. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. One morning, Narcissus, a favorite freedman, rushed into the presence of Claudius, showing signs of the intensest alarm. Roman Women Some of the great imperial freedmen were of less unexceptionable character than Claudius Etruscus and Abascantus, and had a more troubled career. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But even if we take the ground, that education and suffrage, though not actually, should properly be, identical, the argument would not apply to the case of the freedmen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The short duration of the average term of service, together with the fact that the servants were usually still young when freed, made it inevitable that in time the freedmen would outnumber those in service. The Planters of Colonial Virginia The admission of freedmen to citizenship doubtless accounts for many. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. When Claudius was not being guided by his wife for her own purposes, he was under the control of the freedmen; what their position under Silius might be was problematical. Roman Women The freedman tells the story of his own career762 without reserve, and with a certain pride in the virtue and frugality, according to his standards, which have made him what he is. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Our national experience," says Chief-Justice Chase, in a letter to the New Orleans freedmen, "has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of Universal Suffrage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 It becomes a matter of prime interest, then, to determine what became of the mass of freedmen, what r�le they played in the social and economic life of the colony. The Planters of Colonial Virginia He retired to enjoy a life of ease and pleasure on his Campanian estate, relying for his personal security and that of his measures upon his veterans and the Cornelian freedmen. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The freedman knew that if Messalina obtained the opportunity to talk with the emperor, her alluring methods would save her life, and Claudius would turn to make common cause with her against her accusers. Roman Women The opulent freedman and the contented artisan have left many a memorial in the inscriptions. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This day I subscribe ten thousand dollars to the relief of the Georgia freedmen, made free by Sherman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 He wished to spare his future wife, which Bissula certainly was, the mortification of being dragged by freedmen or slaves from some hiding-place into which her silly, childish obstinacy might have led her. A Captive of the Roman Eagles The Senate followed their lead, and Nero, who had fled from Rome, had himself killed by a faithful freedman. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Now, take the case of that other man over there who has the freedman's place at the table. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 And the freedman, who occupied the vacant field, and rose to opulence, is even more an object of hatred to Juvenal and Martial than the recreant noble or the stingy patron. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Arrangements were made to open the territory of Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, as a colony for freedmen. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Prosper, the old freedman, was pushing forward the citrus wood dining-table, which ran on rollers. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Their influence caused the widespread employment of imperial freedmen in procuratorial positions. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Her overseer in charge of the slaves is a cruel man, an Iberian freedman, who watches us, and at every instant threatens us with the lash and the cross. Sónnica If freedmen were marked off sharply as a separate grade, the scanty numbers of the freeborn would be revealed. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius They regarded themselves as freedmen, not only from bondage to former masters, but from the common and ordinary obligations of citizenship. Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment With radiant eyes and head erect the freedman now entered the ranks of the free. A Captive of the Roman Eagles We are not surprised to find that, in accordance with the foreign character of the cults thus maintained, the members of the associations are rarely citizens by birth, but women, freedmen, foreigners and even slaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" My grandfather was a freedman from Sicily who came to take charge of a pottery and married a Celtiberian from the interior. Sónnica |
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