emancipation

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The ad's originality lay in the fact it did not directly show off the product, but instead promised a new world of emancipation for consumers thanks to home computers.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Most Spanish American republics had ended slavery or implemented gradual emancipation measures as early as 1811, with final abolition in place by the mid-1850s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Relentless in his campaign for emancipation and equal citizenship, Douglass secured his place as both a pillar of American democracy and an enduring emblem of black achievement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

For the first 15 months of the Civil War, Douglass filled lecture halls and newspapers with the same plea: Make emancipation the central aim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

What had begun as an initiative to put slavery on the road to extinction had been transformed into a decision to extinguish all federal plans for emancipation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis