emancipation
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Launched in 1966, the carnival celebrates Caribbean culture and the freedom of slaves after emancipation.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He conveys the grief and terror felt by abolitionists in the founding generation, who predicted catastrophe, and the abhorrence of the institution among such men as Adams, who believed in emancipation by gradual means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
And what do Americans think of when they think of the emancipation of enslaved people?
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
That same year, Russia's Manizha performed a song about the pressures faced by women and women's emancipation, which stirred controversy in her home country.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
While Southern whites—poor and rich alike—were utterly outraged by emancipation, there was no obvious solution to the dilemma they faced.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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