manumit
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If they were faithful and hardworking, the master would set them free, manumit them, when he died.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
At this period he tested the disposition of slaveholders to manumit their slaves.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry
When he had relinquished all hopes of finding her, he called on Isaac T. Hopper and offered to manumit her for four hundred dollars.
From Isaac T. Hopper by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
"How was it possible that Mr. Royal neglected to manumit her?" inquired the young man.
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
In 1819 they had petitioned against being compelled to manumit their slaves in cases where they wished to buy their freedom, but their protests went for nothing.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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