emancipations
Acts of freeing
Emancipations are acts of freeing people from bondage, restriction, or control.
The word appears most often in historical contexts—the emancipation of enslaved people, the emancipation of women from legal disabilities.
A single emancipation is the release of one person or group; emancipations names multiple such events: The emancipations of the nineteenth century reshaped the Atlantic world.
Acts of freeing captives
- freedomsRights to act unhindered
- movementsChanges in position
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- independenceFreedom from external control
autonomy · self-determination · equality · rights · activism · reforms · struggles · revolutions
Acts of freeing captives
- freedomsRights to act unhindered
- releasesLets go or publishes
- awakeningsInstances of regaining consciousness
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
independence · autonomy · breakthroughs · transformations · recoveries · escapes · unburdening · self-discovery
Formal discontinuations of systems
- manumissionsActs of freeing slaves
- liberationsActs of freeing captives
- freedomsRights to act unhindered
- declarationsExplicit formal statements
proclamations · decrees · statutes · amendments · enfranchisements · citizenship · rights · legislation
Freedom from external control
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- maturityFull growth achieved
autonomy · adulthood · hearings · judgments · declarations · consent · custody · welfare
liberations
Acts of freeing captives
independence · autonomy · self-determination · equality · rights · activism · reforms · struggles · revolutions · uprisings
liberations
Acts of freeing captives
- freedomsRights to act unhindered
- releasesLets go or publishes
- awakeningsInstances of regaining consciousness
self-actualization · independence · autonomy · breakthroughs · transformations · recoveries · escapes · unburdening · self-discovery · growth
abolitions
Formal discontinuations of systems
- manumissionsActs of freeing slaves
- liberationsActs of freeing captives
- freedomsRights to act unhindered
declarations · proclamations · decrees · statutes · amendments · enfranchisements · citizenship · rights · legislation · ordinances
independence
Freedom from external control
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
maturity · autonomy · adulthood · hearings · judgments · declarations · consent · custody · welfare · rights
emancipationsenslavements
Acts of making captive
imprisonments · captivities · bondages · incarcerations · subjugations
emancipationssubjugations
Acts of conquering others
suppressions · oppressions · subjections · repressions · dominations
- Emancipation ProclamationExecutive order freeing Confederate slaves
- women's emancipationFreedom and equality for females
- slave emancipationFormal freeing of bondspeople
- emancipation papersRecords certifying someone's freedom
- emancipation of womenSecuring equal rights for females
- Emancipation DayHoliday commemorating slavery's abolition