freedman

noun

1. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

   “The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).”

   “Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.”

name

1. A surname.
2. (alt-of, alternative)A surname.
3. A surname.