enfranchisement

noun

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1
as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery the Emancipation Proclamation was merely the first step in the full enfranchisement of African-Americans

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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election a time when enfranchisement was limited to white males who owned property

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  1. emancipation
  2. suffrage
  3. liberation
Noun
  • Commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, marking the day in 1865 when freedom was proclaimed in Texas.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Historically, the relationship between Black Americans and the American South—in both the art world and the world writ large—is reduced to that of oppression and enslavement, with little attention paid to the creative and scientific innovations that both preceded and followed emancipation.
    Evan Nicole Brown, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • While there have been deep divisions throughout American history – over federalism, slavery, suffrage, and civil rights – during times of conflict like the Cold War, Hunter argued, a common enemy brought the country together in an unprecedented way, despite significant cultural shifts.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
  • That meant advocating for temperance and women’s suffrage.
    Marissa C. Rhodes / Made by History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of suffrage
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  • Poland President Andrzej Duda is urging his government to ensure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can attend the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation later this month without risk of detention, a presidential aide confirmed on Thursday.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Additionally, with Uranus in Taurus getting ready to station direct at the end of January, your ongoing personal liberation saga is agitating for change again.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
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