emancipation
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And what do Americans think of when they think of the emancipation of enslaved people?
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
That same year, Russia's Manizha performed a song about the pressures faced by women and women's emancipation, which stirred controversy in her home country.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Mr. Pinsker attaches much importance to that effort, noting that it emboldened military enforcement of emancipation and Congressional support for black recruitment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
A pragmatic realist, he stopped short of calling for immediate emancipation, which he knew was unacceptable to most American voters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
A reasonable estimate of the additional costs for capitalizing a gradual emancipation program would have increased the national debt to about $125 million.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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American History I
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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