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
Now that provision was made for the freedmen the slaveholder felt at liberty to manumit his slaves.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
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
I have entreated him, for the sake of our unborn child, to manumit me, and he has promised to do it.
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
I beg, for the sake of God, that you will manumit this audacious fellow as a propitiation at the tomb of your forefathers, lest he also involve me in calamity.
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by Ross, James
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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