postemancipation

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ emancipation.

Adjective

postemancipation (not comparable)

  1. (US) After the Emancipation Proclamation.
    • 2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race, page 9:
      …coal companies conspired with the prisons, court systems, and governments in each of those states to implement one of the more egregious forms of racial exploitation imposed on postemancipation blacks.
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