Examples from literature

• But his ignorance of all civil and religious precedent was only equalled by the incapacity of his freedmen and friends. 
• Sooner than that, we'll put the ballot into the hands of the freedmen. 
• The clients and freedmen and male slaves were almost all in the fields. 
• The slaves and freedmen were still on the landing, gazing blankly after their escaped prey. 
• The third section of the bill authorizes a general and unlimited grant of support to the destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen, their wives and children.