manumission
noun
man·u·mis·sion
ˌman-yə-ˈmi-shən 
: the act or process of manumitting
especially
: formal emancipation from slavery
Examples of manumission in a Sentence
the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War
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The archive contains millions of documents—including ship registries, manumission papers, and slave sales ledgers—making it among the most comprehensive source of its kind in the world.
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Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2021
Some states required enslaved people who gained their freedom through manumission to leave the state.
—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
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Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2021
Some states required enslaved people who gained their freedom through manumission to leave the state.
—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
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manumission
noun
man·u·mis·sion
ˌman-yə-ˈmish-ən
: a setting free from slavery : emancipation
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