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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Image The empire had sophisticated systems for tracking slave ownership and collecting various taxes, which amounted to 4 percent on slave sales and 5 percent on manumissions.
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Despite his instrumental role, Armistead returned to enslavement after the war, as the manumission laws at the time did not automatically grant freedom to enslaved individuals who served as spies.
—Will Minter, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the text suggests that Saulos, his accomplice, engaged in the fictitious sale and manumission of slaves while forging documents to cover their tracks.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Indeed, the society’s copies of manumission deeds helped to protect Black women and men against those crimes and other deceptions.
—Carolyn Eastman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Despite his instrumental role, Armistead returned to enslavement after the war, as the manumission laws at the time did not automatically grant freedom to enslaved individuals who served as spies.
—Will Minter, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the text suggests that Saulos, his accomplice, engaged in the fictitious sale and manumission of slaves while forging documents to cover their tracks.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Indeed, the society’s copies of manumission deeds helped to protect Black women and men against those crimes and other deceptions.
—Carolyn Eastman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manumission
Noun
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The holiday itself goes back to 1865, when word of emancipation finally reached Texas, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
14 May 2026
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Almost all the land was in the hands of oligarchic families or in the hands of mosques, the mosque endowments, and at the emancipation of women, giving women the right to vote.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Noun
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That’s because the direct liberation of CO2 from limestone is eliminated and because the whole process can run on electricity.—
Scott K. Johnson,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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After the liberation of Auschwitz, Levi naturally went back to his old home.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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