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.