postemancipation

adjective

After the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Meanings

adjectivepostemancipation (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparableAfter the Emancipation Proclamation.

    …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.

    2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race, page 9

Origin

From post- + emancipation.

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APA

postemancipation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postemancipation

MLA

“postemancipation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postemancipation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postemancipation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postemancipation.

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