All 6 Uses
emancipated
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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- The slave was made to say some very smart as well as impressive things in reply to his master—things which had the desired though unexpected effect; for the conversation resulted in the voluntary emancipation of the slave on the part of the master.†
Chpt 7emancipation = the act of being released from slavery or servitude; or (metaphorically) from social restraints
- In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation.†
Chpt 7 *
- I indulged a faint hope that his conversion would lead him to emancipate his slaves, and that, if he did not do this, it would, at any rate, make him more kind and humane.†
Chpt 9emancipate = to release from slavery or servitude; or (metaphorically) from social restraints
- It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them.†
Chpt 9
- We thought him instrumental in getting Mr. Samuel Harrison, a very rich slaveholder, to emancipate his slaves; and by some means got the impression that he was laboring to effect the emancipation of all the slaves.†
Chpt 9
- We thought him instrumental in getting Mr. Samuel Harrison, a very rich slaveholder, to emancipate his slaves; and by some means got the impression that he was laboring to effect the emancipation of all the slaves.†
Chpt 9emancipation = the act of being released from slavery or servitude; or (metaphorically) from social restraints
Definitions:
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(1)
(emancipated) released from slavery or servitude; or (metaphorically) from social restraints
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)