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Because they had done the actual work, freedwomen had the advantage of knowing, or being able to better estimate, how much time it took to perform a particular task.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2017

According to one of the fundamental laws of the State, the great law of Augustus on marriage, which forbade marriages between senators and freedwomen, the union of Nero and Acte could be only a concubinage.

From Characters and events of Roman History by Ferrero, Frances Lance

There were many freedmen and freedwomen of both colors, and in consequence much mixture of blood.

From The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 by Roosevelt, Theodore

The Lex de maritandis ordinibus prohibited marriages between senators and freedwomen.

From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo

If we do not see this, the freedwomen of the South did.

From Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth