and later in his house nearby. He wasn’t certain what they were. “Deed of Manumission,” many of them said, and they named dozens of men, women and children. Unsure what manumission was ...

Another difference between Roman slavery and its more modern variety was manumission – the ability of slaves to be freed. Roman owners freed their slaves in considerable numbers: some freed them ...

as the result of deliberation the Major-General commanding has executed and ordered to be published the following deeds of manumission: [Here follow two deeds, declaring by the authority of law ...

The scroll, written by a prosecutor in preparation for a tax evasion trial, accuses the men of an elaborate scheme involving the bogus sale and then manumission of enslaved persons.

Today we’ll explore this phenomenon of private manumission—the most common legal pathway from slavery to freedom—from the colonial era to the government interventions of the early nineteenth ...