as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery
the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War
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Some states required enslaved people who gained their freedom through manumission to leave the state.
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
Decades of research had focused on the ability of enslaved people to transcend their status through manumission, celebrating the fact that the buying and granting of freedom was much more common in Rome than in other slaveholding societies.
—New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021
The jewels of the show are de Pareja’s manumission papers, with which Velázquez granted his freedom in 1650.
—Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 11 May 2023
What are the consequences of manumission?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
Decades of research had focused on the ability of enslaved people to transcend their status through manumission, celebrating the fact that the buying and granting of freedom was much more common in Rome than in other slaveholding societies.
—New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021
The jewels of the show are de Pareja’s manumission papers, with which Velázquez granted his freedom in 1650.
—Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 11 May 2023
What are the consequences of manumission?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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“Manumission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumission. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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