emancipator
Example Sentences
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"Despite his seemingly progressive actions, Mr. de Klerk was by no means the great emancipator," Mandela wrote.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2021
It can be startling to learn that Toussaint L’Ouverture, famous as Haiti’s great emancipator, was also a slaveholder.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Levine reminds the reader of the moral indecisiveness of Lincoln, who has come to be known as the great emancipator.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021
He spoke with awe of the great emancipator.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2017
Despite his seemingly progressive actions, Mr. de Klerk was by no means the great emancipator.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
