manumission

Thus he felt it was a very weak form of manumission.

Upon manumission, they were to be given land and tools to work it.

Write that man a paper of manumission and I can sign it now.

Their manumission would not last long though, and each hoped to make the most of it while they could.

He thought I should have given him a minor fortune along with his manumission.

If she is a former slave, her papers of manumission had best be in perfect order.

"Manumission requires me to provide for your livelihood as a free man, to see you can support yourself."

These slaves were promised manumission in return for loyal service.

"You must write the girl her paper of manumission," Balthazar said.

But a request for manumission must be approved by the Assembly, you know.

Manumission made no difference in their routine or relationship.

Following his departure, the Assembly passed a law in 1782 making manumission easier.

"I registered your manumission at the Archives the day you left.

"I'm in bondage to the universe, and my only manumission will be death."

In the nineteenth century, the state legislature passed laws making manumission more difficult.

Those who had completed five years of service would obtain manumission, but that was rarely the case.

She received her manumission papers on July 10, 1810.

But she could not talk freely about love, she found, for all that manumission.

As a result, there was increased political support for enforcing the restrictive policies against manumission.

Similar to Pennsylvania's law, it provided for gradual manumission of slaves.

Let us start with the case of manumission.

In 1822 he devised a manumission scheme by which his slaves could buy their freedom.

Thus they received certain protections under the law, and manumission (release from slavery) was sometimes possible.

These were the only two slaves Jefferson freed by manumission in his lifetime.

I have the proof of my manumission and adoption.