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emancipation (noun):
: the act or process of emancipating
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, ordered that enslaved people living in rebellious territories be released from the bonds of ownership and made free people—their own masters. Though the proclamation’s initial impact was limited, the order was true to the etymology of emancipation, which comes from a Latin word combining the prefix e-, meaning “away,” and mancipare, meaning “to transfer ownership of.”
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