as in liberation
the act of setting free from slavery
a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history
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Sherman’s march would mark the culmination of military emancipation, and this fact alone justifies the closer look that Parten gives it.
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Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Watch Night served to mark enslaved people’s experience of family separation, emancipation, and a long freedom struggle.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Such was the case for the Carolina Corps, a military unit comprising roughly 300 fugitives from slavery who took up arms for the British in exchange for emancipation.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
The show is organized around themes including sensuality, spirituality, joy, revelry and emancipation.
—Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Watch Night served to mark enslaved people’s experience of family separation, emancipation, and a long freedom struggle.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Such was the case for the Carolina Corps, a military unit comprising roughly 300 fugitives from slavery who took up arms for the British in exchange for emancipation.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
The show is organized around themes including sensuality, spirituality, joy, revelry and emancipation.
—Emily Labarge, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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