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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Such a short intervening space after emancipation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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The Black populations of France’s other colonies had to wait until 1848, when another revolution in Paris led to the passage of a second emancipation law – still 15 years in advance of Abraham Lincoln’s emancipation decree.—
Jeremy D. Popkin,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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At many points, this project investigates mothers who are men or nongendered, but who care for other Black people, especially in the pursuit of liberation from oppression.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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According to the Museum, more than 150,000 troops participated in the invasion, one of the largest amphibious military operations in history and a pivotal step toward the liberation of Western Europe.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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