USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The act of freeing a slave is known as
A
abolition
B
manumission
C
sacrament
D
banishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing enslaved people by their enslavers. Different approaches to manumission were developed, each specific to the time and place of a particular society.

Detailed explanation-2: -(ˌmænjuˈmɪʃən ) noun. a freeing or being freed from slavery; liberation; emancipation. Word origin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Manumission refers to the legal release of enslaved people at a time when slavery is sanctioned by law, as opposed to emancipation, which follows abolition and releases all people formerly enslaved.

Detailed explanation-4: -To manumit is to set free, or to release a slave from slavery. During slavery in the United States, it was rare for a slave owner to manumit his slaves. Manumit comes from a Latin word meaning “set forth from the hand, ” which happens when a slave owner frees a slave.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the United States before the Civil War, when owning slaves was common, manumission was the act of setting a slave free.

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