emancipation
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Meanwhile, Northern states began gradual emancipation, making slavery a sectional institution dividing North from South.
The provision was ratified in 1868 in the aftermath of the American Civil War and the emancipation of Black people who had been enslaved by white people in Southern states.
From Reuters
In the chapter “Except as a Punishment for Crime” — named for the exception to emancipation embedded in the 13th Amendment — Pfaelzer lays out the way California virtually invented the prison industrial complex.
From Los Angeles Times
Juneteenth, which recognizes the emancipation of enslaved people, is the nation’s newest federal holiday.
From Los Angeles Times
For many years, Seattle’s largest celebration of emancipation and the acknowledged end of slavery was at Pratt Park on 18th Avenue South and Yesler Way.
From Seattle Times
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