emancipate

Abraham practically brings the house down with “Independently Owned,” an anthem to her character’s emancipated spirit.

There is a lot of doublespeak, that as women, we have never been as emancipated and free to do what we want as we are today.

At 15, Skye sought to be legally emancipated because other child actors had done the same as a means of averting the legal requirements of minors on set.

“She’s a Black woman who found ways to liberate and emancipate herself in this society, in this world, on her own terms, and that’s what I take away from her legacy,” said Christovale.

Abraham Lincoln fibbed as well, telling newspaper readers in 1862 that he was not considering emancipating the Confederacy’s enslaved people when he’d already decided to do so.