manumission
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In the 1820s, for instance, the North Carolina Manumission Society had 1,600 members.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025
Chapman is a city council member and the founder of the Manumission Tour Company, which offers Black history tours in Alexandria.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2022
For example, Chernow noted Hamilton’s work with the Manumission Society to abolish slavery in New York and defend free Blacks when slave masters from out of state tried to snatch them off New York streets.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2020
Though Jay owned several slaves himself and so did Hamilton’s in-laws, for example, both were founding members of the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
“I am Henrietta Von Marsh of the Ladies’ Manumission Society, and these children are wards of the Colored Orphan Asylum.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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