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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Recent Examples of manumission
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.
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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.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Successive volumes of the society’s manumission records are now held by the New-York Historical Society.
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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
Successive volumes of the society’s manumission records are now held by the New-York Historical Society.
—
Carolyn Eastman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manumission
Noun
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That’s perhaps a fitting takeaway for Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the total restoration of the Union and a more tenuous victory for emancipation.
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These sites — recognized or not — should remind Floridians that Juneteenth’s celebration only marks the beginning of emancipation.
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When religion is made to serve the work of empire rather than the work of liberation, something has gone grievously wrong.
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The Aquamarine Ring A symbol of Diana’s liberation, this aquamarine ring was commissioned from Asprey.
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“Manumission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumission. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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