Born in 1817 in Cooperstown, New York,[1] Freeman attended the common schools.
He was author of the first volume of reports of decisions of the Chancery Court of Mississippi published in 1844.
He argued Mitchell v. Wells, a case questioning whether a man could leave property to his daughter, who had been born one of his slaves.
He died in Canon City, Colorado, on January 17, 1886, and was interred in Jackson, Mississippi.
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