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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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And that was his emancipation proclamation, which promised freedom to anybody who was owned by a patriot who was willing to fight for the king.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025 -
Many of these letters were delivered by enslaved African Americans, some of whom were forced in the years before emancipation to serve as messengers going relatively short distances between plantations and towns.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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Buy Now 02 of 10 'Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won The Vote, and Insisted On Equality For All' by Martha S. Jones The work of securing women’s suffrage didn’t end with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Florida Ruffin Ridley leveraged her role as an educator and editor to combat racial injustice and promote women’s suffrage.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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His myopia was at least as deleterious to the liberation of the unconscious mind as his charisma were beneficial.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, ending a horrific chapter in human history.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Enfranchisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfranchisement. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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