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manumission
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌmæn.jəˈmɪʃ.ən/ us /ˌmæn.jəˈmɪʃ.ən/
the fact of giving a slave(= a person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for and obey that person) their freedom:
She remained a slave much longer than the others because she was too old to be eligible for manumission.
Because of manumissions and the movement of freed slaves, the overall numbers declined.
He was freed in 1855, according to his manumission record.
In 1691, the Assembly prohibited the manumission of slaves unless they were transported out of the colony.
Good conduct often reduced a slave's chances of manumission by raising his economic value.
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