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Emancipation

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Emancipation means becoming free and equal; the term can be used in various contexts:

In slavery:

Abolitionism (abolition of slavery), a political movement that sought to end the practice of slavery and the worldwide slave trade
Manumission, the freedom of a slave by the owner voluntarily
The freedom of a slave in accordance with laws under certain conditions

In history:

Catholic emancipation, the increase of Roman Catholics' civil rights in Britain and Ireland
Jewish emancipation, in which the Jews were given citizenship rights in France in 1791 and in the rest of Europe through the nineteenth century
Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, the liquidation of serf dependence of Russian peasants by Alexander II of Russia
Emancipation Proclamation, a declaration by United States President Abraham Lincoln announcing that all slaves in Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed
The freedom of a convict in the historic Australian penal colonies

In family law:

Emancipation of minors, where a minor becomes an adult in practice, usually by receiving a declaration of liberation from a court expressly for this purpose

In rights:

In music:

The process of the gradual elevation of or liberation to service to the soul. Materially taken it means to become an equal to a certain standard of civilization. Spiritually it refers to the process of gradual liberation beginning with listening, speaking and remembering ending in friendship and finally surrender to the dictates of the soul.

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