MANUMIS'SION, noun [Latin manumissio. See Manumit.] The act of liberating a slave from bondage, and giving him freedom.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
manumission
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign