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 Apostle does not reprove me, nor require me to manumit Onesimus, but tells me that I now receive him "forever," and he teaches me how to treat him.
From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah
During this session, Mr. Jefferson made an unsuccessful effort for the enactment of a law authorizing owners to manumit their slaves.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
Mr. Darg testified of himself during the trial, that he never intended to manumit Thomas, and had made the promise merely as a means of obtaining his money.
From Isaac T. Hopper by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
A democratic statesman said to me, long since, that, if he owned the State of Kentucky, he would manumit all the slaves, and be a gainer by the transaction.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
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