manumit
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If they were faithful and hardworking, the master would set them free, manumit them, when he died.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
The censors, or at least the consuls, should examine all whom it is proposed to manumit, inquiring into their origin and the reasons and mode of their enfranchisement, as in their examination of the equites.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
In 1819 they had petitioned against being compelled to manumit their slaves in cases where they wished to buy their freedom, but their protests went for nothing.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James
"How was it possible that Mr. Royal neglected to manumit her?" inquired the young man.
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
He could not in Alabama legally manumit his slaves.
From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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