Definition of Emancipation

the act or process of freeing someone legally or socially

Examples of Emancipation in a sentence

Many slaves became sharecroppers and never left the plantation after emancipation.  

Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom to slaves in the south.  

Hoping to be free from her parents, the teenager requested emancipation from the court.  

Medical emancipation allowed the young woman to be free to seek medical treatment without her mother.  

After emancipation, the former slave was able to make choices about where he would live and work.  

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