A legal process in which enslaved Africans could buy their freedom or be freed by their owner.
the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves"
a legal document stating that a slaveowner would free his/her slaves - either immediately or at a some point in the future
Legal release of a person from slavery. Owners freed slaves as a reward for meritorious or faithful service.
To release from slavery; manumission is the state of being released from slavery. Early New York State law allowed for the manumission of slaves by 1827.
manumission is the act of being released from slavery or servitude.
the ability of serfs to buy their freedom through a third party. (p. 298)
the freeing of individual slaves by their masters. (p. 137)
a formal written act to free slaves
Set free; being freed from slavery
A written legal document that freed an individual from slavery.
Manumission is the freeing of a slave or serf from indentured service.
