What is another word for Manumitted?

Pronunciation: [mˈanjuːmˌɪtɪd] (IPA)

Manumitted refers to the process of liberating an individual from slavery or bondage. Several synonyms for Manumit include release, emancipate, free, discharge, exculpate, pardon, and let go. These words all portray the idea of granting someone their freedom from a person or institution that has held them captive. Emancipate and free emphasize liberating an individual from oppression or captivity while discharge and release have a broader sense of letting go. Exculpate and pardon reference forgiving or absolving someone from blame or liability, while letting go implies a lack of control in releasing someone. Nonetheless, all of these synonyms suggest that the person granted their freedom is no longer subject to the control or influence of their previous authority.

Usage examples for Manumitted

He Manumitted his own slaves; he opposed the extension of the system of "encomiendas" with its enslavement of wild Indians, and after his first term as governor of Buenos Aires he was named official protector of the aborigines.
"The South American Republics Part I of II"
Thomas C. Dawson
"Very many of them are slaves whom the owners allow to work here, sharing with them their earnings; others are freedmen who have either purchased their liberty from their savings, or have been Manumitted by their owners.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
The commissioner agreed with the counsel for the plaintiff, that he had no authority to postpone the trial; and he further declared, that, even were the papers by which Rose was Manumitted present, he could not under the law receive them in evidence."
"A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill."
Hancock

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