manumits
Releases from bondage
Manumits means formally releases from slavery or bondage.
The term belongs to legal and historical contexts describing the act of a slaveholder granting freedom to an enslaved person: The will manumits all enslaved persons upon the owner's death.
The noun is manumission.
Formal discontinuation of practice
- freedmanReleased former slave
- freedwomanWoman no longer enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
servitude · slavery · indenture · antebellum · proclamation · abolitionist · slaveholder · chattel
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- freedmanReleased former slave
- freedwomanWoman no longer enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
bondage · servitude · slavery · indenture · antebellum · proclamation · abolitionist · slaveholder · chattel · plantation
deed
Written property conveyance
- certificateFormal written attestation
- documentWritten or electronic file
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
writ · quittance · discharge · acquittal · pardon · absolve · testamentary · bequest · petition · contract
manumitsenslaves
Forces into servitude
subjugates · bonds · indentures · enthralls · binds