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
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
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
Some states required enslaved people who gained their freedom through manumission to leave the state.
—Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
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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Carolyn Eastman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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
Some states required enslaved people who gained their freedom through manumission to leave the state.
—Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manumission
Noun
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The son had requested emancipation from Gaviola and obtained a domestic violence protection order against her from the Fresno County Superior Court.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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Each of the 1800s-era houses — three of which are now UNESCO Sites of Memory — offers a window into a different chapter of Black life in Houston, from enslavement to emancipation.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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This could be a moment of liberation—from over-identifying with our minds and rediscovering the richness of emotion, intuition and even our limitations.—
Dax Grant,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Its worst weekly performance since early April when Trump first announced his liberation day trade war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Manumission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumission. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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