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

"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

They were not required so far as we know, in any instance, to manumit their slaves.

From A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery by Woodward, A.

At an early period, it became an established rule of discipline for the Society to disown any member, who refused to manumit his bondmen.

From Isaac T. Hopper by Child, Lydia Maria Francis