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Definition of Manumit

Manumit
Manumit Man`u*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manumitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Manumitting.] [L. manumittere, manumissum; manus the hand + mittere to send, to send off. See Manual, and Missile.] To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. ``Manumitted slaves.' --Hume.

Meaning of Manumit from wikipedia

- devoted servant after long years of service. A trusted bailiff might be manumitted as a gesture of gratitude. For those working as agricultural labourers...
- The Manumit School was a progressive Christian socialist boarding school located in Pawling, New York, between 1924 and 1943, and from 1944 to 1958 in...
- might ac****ulate a large enough peculium to justify their freedom, or be manumitted for services rendered. Manumission had become frequent enough that in...
- daguerreotype was taken in 1851. He was also the last enslaved person to be manumitted in New York. Caesar was supposedly born in 1737, on the property of Rensselaer...
- 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013. Doug Whitfield (August 5, 2013). "Music Manumit Lawcast with Jessica Coates of Creative Commons". YouTube. Archived from...
- interracial marriage ceremonies, for example, and some slaveholders continued to manumit slaves without permission while others punished slaves brutally. Article...
- Stagnation to Transformation: A 21 Day Coaching Actuation Designed to Manumit PURPOSE. Clifton Pettyjohn. ISBN 9781520906850. Wrangham, Richard (2003)...
- William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, manumitted his slave, believing that he could not both fight for liberty and own slaves....
- Hemings's children". After Jefferson's death in 1826, although not formally manumitted, Sally Hemings was allowed by Jefferson's daughter Martha to live in Charlottesville...
- from Judea to Rome and sold into slavery. After these Jewish slaves were manumitted, they settled permanently in Rome on the right bank of the Tiber as traders...