emancipation
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The ad's originality lay in the fact it did not directly show off the product, but instead promised a new world of emancipation for consumers thanks to home computers.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Most Spanish American republics had ended slavery or implemented gradual emancipation measures as early as 1811, with final abolition in place by the mid-1850s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
Wartime production, rail expansion and emancipation were reshaping labor markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Relentless in his campaign for emancipation and equal citizenship, Douglass secured his place as both a pillar of American democracy and an enduring emblem of black achievement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
But on the sugar islands, while more than two million people were brought over from Africa, there were only 670,000 at emancipation.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
Vocabulary lists containing emancipation
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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American History I
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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