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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Indeed, the society’s copies of manumission deeds helped to protect Black women and men against those crimes and other deceptions.
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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
His bevels to me are as ambitious an innovation as the manumission of the canvas from the stretcher.
—New York Times, 28 June 2022
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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
His bevels to me are as ambitious an innovation as the manumission of the canvas from the stretcher.
—New York Times, 28 June 2022
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“Manumission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumission. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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