manumit

How to use manumit in a sentence

The tendency to manumit faithful slaves called forth no approbation.

To gratify the whims of a whimsical sect, who would have us, not only forbear making more slaves, but even manumit those we have.

Did it ever occur to her, that Northerners might go South, and buy a great many of these slaves, and manumit them?

Ma is compounded with many words which express action done by the hand; as, manufacture, manumit.

To gratify the whim of a whimsical sect, who would have us not only forbear making more slaves, but even manumit those we have.

For proof: By what law could Paul manumit another man's servant?

Even baptism did not manumit him unless the owner were a Moor or a Jew.

He gave the law, that every shire in the kingdom should annually manumit one thrall.

But masters could manumit their slaves, who thus became Roman citizens with some restrictions.

We think, if any manumit, before we license them to part, they do usurp a power is ours by nature.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985