The Freedman's Handbook embodies the principle that knowledge is power. With the knowledge that is shared from this book comes the power to master your finances, your habits, and your direction in life as a truly free citizen. Where ever you are in your journey to freedom, may this educational and insightful read be your trusted companion and guide to a better tomorrow. Readers can feel free and safe to jump in where ever they feel fits them best, as the pace of progress is dictated by the individual following the guide. If you choose to follow the linear path of the handbook, you will first be armed with knowledge of the history of debt slavery and its healthy existence still today; walking through its purpose, structure, and evolution. After solidifying where we came from, we move on to where to go and how to get there. First we prepare for the journey by building up the reader's knowledge of a master's mindset with successful habits and financial goal setting, before fortifying their competence in the core principles of accounting, finance, and management. Again, this is all at the reader's pace; this guide is a companion for the journey, not an impatient or overwhelming professor! Once the reader has acquired more clarity on concepts including banking, proper use of credit, and the workings of interest (for and against them), the process begins to build a road map to achieve goals while promoting stability and growth. These strategies will pave a path to freedom land, where a freedman can become the master of their own life, happiness and labor. However, the guide doesn't leave you here. Once freedom is earned, it must be nurtured, appreciated, and secured into the future. To help protect and promote this new found freedom, this book goes on to help you explore the opportunities now open to you. As you begin filling out the shoes of your potential and possibilities, you become a model freedman to follow. Your experience from the successful completion of this jou