# Freed persons--United States { "id": "S94005987", "title": "Freed persons--United States", "url": "/topics/S94005987", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "02005bd728a83de4", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "9529836732099478116", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 22, 27051, 35840 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered works on African Americans who were freed from slavery as a result of the Civil War. Works on African Americans who were legally free prior to the Civil War are entered under [Free African Americans.] Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005987 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.