freedwoman

[ freed-woo m-uh n ]

/ ˈfridˌwʊm ən /

a woman who has been freed from slavery.

Origin of freedwoman

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; freed + woman

The chastity of a slave or a freedwoman or even a foreigner, was of no value.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV |Various
But with a gesture of savage pride the freedwoman tore herself away from Nola.

"Unto Caesar" |Baroness Emmuska Orczy
She wrote a few words also, committing care over Lygia to Nero's freedwoman, Acte.

Quo Vadis |Henryk Sienkiewicz
A freedwoman had roused superstitious fear in the heart of a daughter of the Cæsars!

"Unto Caesar" |Baroness Emmuska Orczy

As my freedwoman, you will, of course, bear my name with your own.

Valeria |William Henry Withrow