单词 | manumit |
例句 | Within two years the farm was bankrupt and the honest Croak was bankrupt, and had hanged himself in his bedchamber, leaving instructions in his will that all his slaves should be manumitted forthwith. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If they were faithful and hardworking, the master would set them free, manumit them, when he died. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z One recounted a story about his grandfather manumitting enslaved people. At Johns Hopkins, Revelations About Its Founder and Slavery 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z But Tubman had plotted with Kessiah’s husband, who had been manumitted, to free his family. Harriet Tubman’s Path to Freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Tubman’s father was granted 10 acres of land when he was manumitted, or freed from slavery, around five years after his former owner Anthony Thompson’s death in 1836. Archaeologists Solve a Decades-Old Harriet Tubman Mystery 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Enslaved people who had been manumitted and allied fighters in times of conflict were likely to be granted citizenship. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “The evidence is pretty strong that Johns Hopkins was an abolitionist,” Crenson said, and the possibility exists that he owned enslaved people for the possibility of manumitting them. Johns Hopkins enslaved people. Or did he? Some scholars question the university’s recent claims. 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z “I was manumitted into the world at large,” he wrote. A millionaire day trader, the secret bunker under his home and a murder conviction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Instead he’s manumitted by a combo platter of teen love and Paul Williams ballads. Popping the bubble: The cinematic evolution of SCID in YA contemporary romance 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z A slave woman and her children were manumitted by her husband, who had probably bought them to set them free. Lost slave freedom papers tell of the tortuous paths out of bondage 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z She had made that trip in the summer, the riskiest season, after getting word that her father, Ben, who had been manumitted in middle age, was about to be arrested for harboring runaways. Keep Hamilton on the Ten. Put Tubman on the Twenty. 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z When, finding slavery unprofitable, the northern States passed laws for gradual emancipation, but few obtained their freedom, the majority of them being shipped South and sold, so that but few, comparatively, were manumitted. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z He quoted a decision of Judge Gaston, of North Carolina, that free negroes born in that state were citizens of the state and that slaves manumitted there became citizens by the fact of manumission. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Let liberal means be provided for removing far away those unfortunate beings amongst us whom we denominate free blacks, together with those slaves who shall be voluntarily manumitted for the purpose of removal. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z The government at Buenos Aires sent him a valuable addition in a corps of manumitted negro slaves, but his nucleus was the regiments which he himself had drilled at Buenos Aires. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The trial and equity courts contain records of litigation about slaves; of advice of chancellors to trustees seeking to make or change investment; of wills manumitting slaves; and a thousand other relevant matters. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z He, a Jew, a manumitted slave, a barbarian! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It was from the first taught that the man who manumitted his slaves earned the approval of heaven, and all occasions of rejoicing, public and private, were fitly commemorated by the liberation of deserving individuals. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z All persons who do voluntarily manumit their slaves, as mentioned above, are undeniably actuated by principles of pure patriotism, justice and humanity; and so believing, we delight to do them honor. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Not inferior to their white comrades were the manumitted negroes. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Generally, an infant can not contract marriage without the consent of the living parent or guardian unless the child has been manumitted. The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law 2011-03-14T03:01:02.587Z A manumitted slave, a cumbrous yokel of an Essene, hath given thee troublous nights, because the lady's eyes soften in his presence! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z To gratify the whims of a whimsical Sect, who would have us, not only forbear making more Slaves, but even to manumit those we have. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z It does well to attack one man for his opinion; but when was the most aggravated act ever committed, that he did not say it was committed, in manumitting your slaves and confiscating your property? Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z If he had ever intended to manumit his negroes, as had been hinted in the county, no one could object to his position after the subject began to be agitated in the State. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z It should be steadily borne in mind, therefore, that immediate, unconditional emancipation, while it is detrimental to the master, does no immediate good to the manumitted slave. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Several negroes with their wives were manumitted on the ground of long and faithful service. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z These ladies are now always Circassian slaves, and though never manumitted, have each their separate establishments, suites of apartments, and female slaves acting as ladies of honour, &c. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 He also manumitted the only slave he owned who would not leave him during the war and fought bravely for the liberty of our country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution By the law of the Cape, no baptised person could be a slave; so that the baptism of a Hottentot had the effect of manumitting him. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa In 1819 they had petitioned against being compelled to manumit their slaves in cases where they wished to buy their freedom, but their protests went for nothing. The West Indies and the Spanish Main There were great festivities, lasting eight days, and the new king and queen manumitted serfs and showed mercy upon prisoners and captives. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Under Marcus Aurelius the colleges were recognized as juristic persons, with power to manumit slaves and receive legacies. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. During this session, Mr. Jefferson made an unsuccessful effort for the enactment of a law authorizing owners to manumit their slaves. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The woman who was not, the manumitted slave, the foreigner within the walls, the code disdained to consider. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern In all the colonies were numbers of free coloured persons, who had been manumitted by their fathers, and in many cases sent to Europe for their education. The West Indies and the Spanish Main In Louisiana, however, it being illegal to manumit a slave, those whom the abolitionists would set free, would not be considered free in the eye of the law. Discussion on American Slavery A manumitted slave, who was raised to high rank and wealth by the favor of the Czar, had returned to Wredna in the capacity of governor. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Slaves, manumitted here, became freemen, and therefore, if born within North Carolina, are citizens of North Carolina, and all free persons born within the State are born citizens of the State. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. The Committee of Safety having excluded slaves from the army, many were thereafter manumitted, that they might enlist. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War That he was not Emery Rice, but Adam Gibson; that he was a freeman, having been manumitted by the will of his late master. A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill. The united societies of New York and Philadelphia first took 120 slaves who had been manumitted by the late Dr. Hawes, of Va., and formed them into a colony. Discussion on American Slavery Now and then a slave is actually manumitted and removed, and the incident is dwelt upon for months. Thoughts on African Colonization De Libertinis.—"Freedmen are those who have been manumitted from just servitude." Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. We also heard of planters who, realizing the inevitable, have manumitted the few slaves whom they still held in bondage, and hiring them at merely nominal wages, believed they saved money by the operation. Due South or Cuba Past and Present This Suliman Pasha strengthened the Georgian interest in this pashalic prodigiously by the purchasing of an immense number of Georgian slaves whom he manumitted at his death. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 There were in them all about 4,000 colonists, a great portion of whom were manumitted slaves. Discussion on American Slavery "Under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held he could not manumit them." From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services We have made all freed men in general become citizens of Rome, regarding neither the age of the manumitted, nor the manumittor, nor the ancient forms of manumission. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. These slaves were manumitted without bloodshed, and there was no trouble in making free colored laborers obey the laws. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans But American abolitionists commenced their crusade against slavery, by charging those who sustained it, and who alone, held the power to manumit, with crimes of the blackest dye. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject It was under the charge of a board of management in Maryland, and consisted at this time of between two and three hundred colonists, who were chiefly manumitted slaves. Discussion on American Slavery Another rule enacted in Jito's time was that the slaves of an uji, when once manumitted, could not be again placed on the slaves' register at the request of a subsequent uji no Kami. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era James Tallmadge, Jr., of New York, proposed that there should be no personal servitude in the State except by those already held as slaves, and that these should be manumitted within a certain period. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) For a long time the master pretended to have no property in his slave's manumitted friend, never paid taxes for her, and often spoke of her as a free negro. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans When the number of slaves becomes so great that the master can not profitably employ them, he manumits them in self-defense. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Why, setting aside their influence altogether, they might, had they been as numerous as represented by his respected opponent, have manumitted as many of their own slaves. Discussion on American Slavery The few free blacks are either manumitted slaves or their descendants: they are mostly mechanics engaged in trade. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 The colonization, from time to time, of the manumitted slaves, with their consent, by the Government, beyond our boundaries, was also contemplated as a part of the system. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Mr. Mitchell, a sugar planter who had resided twenty-seven years in Trinidad, and who is the superintendent of the liberated negroes there, says he knows of no instance of a manumitted slave not maintaining himself. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Some years ago the Rev. William King, a slave owner in Louisiana, manumitted his slaves and removed them to Canada. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject A slave could be and was manumitted in both the United States and Brazil. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 From that moment he possessed authority to manumit not less absolute than the sovereign, but immeasurably more power to avenge. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Individuals were manumitted on account of the gain to the master. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, a slave on complaint of ill-usage obtains public protection; he may be manumitted, or change his master. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans What other doctrine could a Cæsar Borgia, or an Eccelino, the tyrant of Padua, desire to be governed, or rather to be manumitted by from all government? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 In the Middle West private schools had been organized by manumitted Negroes. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 The slave, now free, would lay down his life for the man who has manumitted him. The Death Shot A Story Retold It especially favored it when the manumitted would become priests or monks. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals If any omission is made in the forms of emancipation established by law, any person whatsoever may seize the negro so manumitted, and appropriate him to their own use. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Having brought up and educated these two girls and introduced them as his daughters, it quite slipped his memory that, having been born of a slave, and not manumitted, they were in reality slaves themselves. Diary in America, Series One A rather unusual case was that of 12 manumitted slaves who were brought to Canada from the South. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 As the mother was slave, the children were so also at birth, but they had been manumitted by their father. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time Of the slaves those who had died were accounted for; those who had been resold, or exchanged, or manumitted,—all save two. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain The early slaveholding inhabitants well understood the Ordinance to mean the absolute emancipation of their slaves, and hence manumitted them or commenced to remove them to the Spanish territory beyond the Mississippi. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The object of colonizationists was to transport to Liberia, on the West Coast of Africa, all manumitted slaves. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Occasionally men were manumitted in order that they might be ordained as clergymen. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Now, until man labours there is no chance of civilisation; and, improved as the race of Africa have been in these islands, I still think that if manumitted, they would all starve. Newton Forster The Merchant Service He had been manumitted before being brought on to the stage. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order More than half of these were manumitted slaves who in consequence of unjust laws had been forced to leave their State. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 Many who had been manumitted were seized and again reduced to slavery. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Among the alleged evils of emancipation apprehended at the North, is the belief that this policy would fill the free States with manumitted slaves. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The plot is this: Charles “the Good,” earl of Flanders, made a law that a serf is always a serf till manumitted, and whoever marries a serf, becomes thereby a serf. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Writing to Fothergill, Benezet expressed his concurrence with the former's opinion that it would be decidedly dangerous both to the Negroes and the masters themselves in the southern colonies, should the slaves be suddenly manumitted. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 A few writings, for form's sake—and the day that sent the weeping wife from the door might install the manumitted and triumphant slave in her place. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Such is the character of the law which restricts and to a great degree prohibits the master from manumitting his slave. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 The young general of division, Mehemet Pasha, a manumitted slave of Hussein, was specially charged with the direction of the regular troops, under the orders of Hussein Pasha. Sketches Nothing must be allowed to disfranchise manhood; and he who manumits the poet from social and ethical bonds is not logical, nor penetrative into the dark mystery of soul, nor is he the poet's friend. A Hero and Some Other Folks Now that provision was made for the freedmen the slaveholder felt at liberty to manumit his slaves. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 There is in existence a document manumitting his slave, which, I am happy to say, is the only existing evidence that any ancestor of mine ever owned one. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Serfs that writhe under the whip are not disquieted about their political rights; manumitted from personal slavery, they become sensitive to political oppression. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The idea of restoring to Africa recaptured natives and manumitted slaves was broached in 1770 by the Rev. Samuel Hopkins, of Newport, R.I. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The slave could be manumitted by his master and soon became a citizen. History Of Ancient Civilization Finley held that colonization would gradually reduce slavery, because provision being made for the emancipated slaves, masters would manumit them. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Ma is compounded with many words which express action done by the hand; as, manufacture, manumit. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Nowhere do we see a populace that could be safely manumitted from such a government. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry You must be aware that they could not remain in Virginia after they were manumitted. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is Following their master's remains came two slaves, newly manumitted, their certificates of freedom borne aloft in cleft sticks to testify before all men to the generosity of the loudly lamented. Morocco The government to pay full cash value for slaves voluntarily manumitted by their owners. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History The most cruel thing done, however, in this period, was to hold as slaves in the service of the company the children of Negroes who were lawfully manumitted. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Are they ignorant of the fact, that both masters and servants were admitted into the church of Christ, and that masters were required in no instance, so far as we know, to manumit their slaves? A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery The plantation is to be sold, and the proceeds expended in preparing those who are willing to go to Liberia, or where they choose; as they cannot, manumitted, remain in Virginia. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is But the newly manumitted freedman was thoroughly enjoying himself. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The first year the Anthonys lived in part of Judge McLean's house, where were two slaves not yet manumitted, and the children saw negroes for the first time and were dreadfully frightened. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The tendency to manumit faithful slaves called forth no approbation. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens They were not required so far as we know, in any instance, to manumit their slaves. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery When I behold the Southern country, and am convinced that it is impossible to manumit the slaves, I conclude that here, at least, they are in their natural condition. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is The testator further declared that the said Emily was manumitted, and should proceed under the guidance of his brother to the place designated for the payment of the legacy. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue The Apostle does not reprove me, nor require me to manumit Onesimus, but tells me that I now receive him "forever," and he teaches me how to treat him. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) No wonder human forbearance was strained to its greatest tension when masters, thus liberating their slaves, assumed the lofty air of humanitarians who had actually done a noble act in manumitting a slave! History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Suppose the South should manumit their slaves, will the North receive and educate them? A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery If, according to this precept of Christ, I am obliged to manumit my slaves, you are equally forced to purchase them. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is In accordance with his general character, her father had manumitted her, and left her a competence. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue As the mother was a slave, the children were so also at their birth, but they had been manumitted by their father. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 The cruel practice of manumitting aged and helpless slaves became so general in this plantation, that the General Assembly passed a law regulating it, in February, 1728. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Don't talk to Southern men about liberating slaves, until some provision is made for manumitted slaves—an asylum provided where they can quietly repose in peace, and enjoy the blessings of freedom. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery At this period he tested the disposition of slaveholders to manumit their slaves. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist For the senators were zealous, and immediately manumitted their slaves, and set about arming them. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Besides this, he had manumitted above ten thousand vigorous men, once the slaves of masters who had been murdered by his orders, and made them Roman citizens under the name of Cornelii. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II The jury brought in a verdict in favor of the slave, and he was "manumitted by the magistrates." History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Nor do I consider the mass of the negro population in this country as yet prepared for colonization: but I would rejoice to see all well-disposed and intelligent negroes manumitted and colonized. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery In New England, masters were always finding reasons why their slaves should be manumitted. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884 He was originally a captive slave, but he was manumitted and admitted to the intimacy of Augustus Cæsar. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. A law which required any slave manumitted after May 1, 1806 to leave the State within the space of twelve months was passed in 1806 and remained in force until the war rendered it obsolete. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 If a person manumitted a slave, good security was required: if he failed to do this, the manumission was of no avail. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens It is, however, clearly his duty to educate and manumit such children; but what is the duty of the Northern man surrounded by a score of his illegitimate progeny? A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery In the light of our present-day discussion it is interesting also to find that Marcus Aurelius granted them the right to manumit slaves and receive legacies—that is, he made them juridical persons. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature One of them was that the slaves, if manumitted, would at once rush to the North and overrun the free States. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Moreover, manumitted slaves enjoyed the same rights, privileges and immunities that were enjoyed by those born free. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Now, the province law seems to have been made only to oblige the master to maintain his manumitted slave, and not to declare a manumission in the master's lifetime, or at his death, void. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Hence, the propriety of manumitting slaves is, to say the least, doubtful, unless they are colonized. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery I beg, for the sake of God, that you will manumit this audacious fellow as a propitiation at the tomb of your forefathers, lest he also involve me in calamity. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 He could not in Alabama legally manumit his slaves. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights The above-described ungrateful rogue I manumitted some years past, with a number of other slaves, who were free at different periods, and I am apprehensive he has got one of their discharges. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Masters were required, when manumitting slaves, to furnish security, as in the other colonies. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens They knew well, that if they manumitted their slaves, it would involve both the slaves and themselves in greater evils than African slavery itself, as it exists in the Southern States. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery Now, until man labours there is no chance of civilisation: and, improved as the race of Africa have been in these islands, I still think that if manumitted, they would all starve. Newton Forster One of its presidents was said to be the owner of a thousand slaves and had never manumitted one of them. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Janette Wood of Richmond was manumitted in 1795 by her mother, "natural love" being the only consideration named in the legal instrument. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 The next year, 1769, a mercenary spirit inspired and secured the passage of another Act levying a tax upon imported slaves, and requiring persons manumitting slaves to give better securities. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens If a negro has the good fortune to find a stone weighing upwards of seventeen carats, he is immediately manumitted, and for smaller stones proportionate premiums are given. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 542, April 14, 1832 I felt that I owed my life to her faithful care, and I resolved to take her North, manumit, educate, and marry her. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted Villeins, in early England had no property; early condition of; made free when they seek refuge in towns; manumitted by Henry VIII. Popular Law-making More than 2,700 of this number were taken from the slave States, and about two thirds of these were slaves manumitted on the condition of their emigrating. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 I am not the man who enslaved them; they are indebted to Englishmen for that favor; nevertheless I am devising means for manumitting many of them, and for cutting off the entail of slavery. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia A democratic statesman said to me, long since, that, if he owned the State of Kentucky, he would manumit all the slaves, and be a gainer by the transaction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Oh, no, go on," said Leroy, carelessly; and then he continued more thoughtfully, "I know a number of men who have sent such children North, and manumitted, educated, and left them valuable legacies. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted Friend Hopper cherished some hope that this preaching and praying slaveholder would eventually manumit his bondmen; but I had listened to his conversation, and I thought otherwise. Isaac T. Hopper They emigrated from Virginia, in the year 1818, and were originally the slaves of Samuel Gist, who manumitted and settled them here, upon two large surveys of land. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Miss Wright lately passed through New Orleans with thirty negros which she had manumitted, and was then going to establish them at Hayti. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America Nevertheless I am devising means for manumitting many of them, and for cutting off the entail of slavery. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime He loved her, manumitted, educated, and married her. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted Mr. Darg testified of himself during the trial, that he never intended to manumit Thomas, and had made the promise merely as a means of obtaining his money. Isaac T. Hopper Marriage of whites with slaves was forbidden, as was also the concubinage of whites and manumitted or free-born blacks with slaves. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 She told her tale; 'she was manumitted by a gentleman on the eastern shore of Maryland; her sons were born after her emancipation, and of course free. A Visit to the United States in 1841 Among some of those manumitted and sent out of their original states as by law required, disappointment and homesickness were distressingly keen. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime I have manumitted you, and the children will follow your condition. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted When he agreed to manumit the man for one hundred and fifty dollars, he expected these suits would be dismissed, of course, as a part of the bargain. Isaac T. Hopper In 1127 Charles "the Good," earl of Flanders, made a law that a serf was always a serf till manumitted, and whoever married a serf became a serf. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook If we must manumit our slaves, what country shall we send them to? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 The slaves manumitted for meritorious service and those who bought themselves formed together an element of substantial worth in the Southern free colored population. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Many," he says, "are indignant when they see unworthy men manumitted, and condemn a usage which gives such men the citizenship of a sovereign state whose destiny is to govern the world. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero When he had relinquished all hopes of finding her, he called on Isaac T. Hopper and offered to manumit her for four hundred dollars. Isaac T. Hopper Eros, the manumitted slave of Antony the triumvir. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook If we must manumit our slaves, what country shall we send them to? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 How could one of our lordly nabobs of the South, sit in Congress with perhaps one of his own manumitted slaves as a representative from Liberia or Hayti! Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West The censors, or at least the consuls, should examine all whom it is proposed to manumit, inquiring into their origin and the reasons and mode of their enfranchisement, as in their examination of the equites. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero The master, being unable to ascertain where his slave could be found, finally informed Friend Hopper that he would manumit him on the receipt of one hundred and fifty dollars. Isaac T. Hopper She offered to manumit her slaves—telling them that her marriage might make unexpected changes in their destiny, and she wished to insure their happiness. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself This practice received highly favorable social sanction, and masters often celebrated national holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, and other special events by manumitting one or more of their favorite slaves. The Black Experience in America Well may the South arouse herself, form societies, replenish its treasury with a tax imposed on the free colored people, to defray the expense of sending manumitted slaves to Liberia! Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West The wars too brought a steadily increasing population of slaves to the city, many of whom in course of time would be manumitted, would marry, and so increase the free population. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero Many years ago, he was a slave to my father, and he manumitted him. Isaac T. Hopper The manumitted, by another Christian, "conservative," and "national" provision of law, were forced to leave the State, while the slave husbands remained in slavery. Harriet, the Moses of Her People This secured her free movement at all times—the privilege of very few of her race not legally manumitted. Southern Lights and Shadows Half the inhabitants of Rome were slaves, and the institution was so grafted in the life of the time that it never occurred to a Roman that slaves, as a body, should be manumitted. The Life of Cicero Volume One The boy showed some unusual turn for books; he was educated and manumitted by his master, and took from him the name of Publius Terentius the African. Latin Literature Friend Hopper opened a negotiation with them in behalf of the Abolition Society, and they finally consented to manumit them all for seven hundred dollars. Isaac T. Hopper The old man died, leaving a will, whereby he manumitted his daughters and their children, and provided for the purchase of the freedom of their husbands. Harriet, the Moses of Her People The misfortunes of the family to which I belonged came so suddenly that I was not manumitted, as I should have been had my master had so much as a day's warning of his downfall. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Did the manumitted blacks remain in Canada after their liberation, or did they seek a more congenial climate? Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present The temple of Vesta was with difficulty saved, principally by the exertions of thirteen slaves, who were redeemed at the public expense and manumitted. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 Sixty dollars had already been expended in vain; and the slave-holder, having relinquished all hope of tracing the fugitives, finally agreed to manumit the woman for fifty dollars, and her son for seventy-five dollars. Isaac T. Hopper At some period of his life, but how or when we do not know, Epictetus was manumitted by his master, and was henceforward regarded by the world as free. Seekers after God They may have been scourged and branded by former masters, and manumitted since. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Some writers assume that Epictetus was manumitted by his master, but I can find no evidence for this statement. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion He took the deepest interest in colonization, and was president of the Colonization Society, which had for its aim the sending of manumitted negroes to Liberia. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders At an early period, it became an established rule of discipline for the Society to disown any member, who refused to manumit his bondmen. Isaac T. Hopper But now it seems that Mr. Royal bought her of her father; and he, good, easy man, neglected to manumit her. A Romance of the Republic If you don't or if somebody else don't free me from this vampire, I'll be fool enough to manumit her and marry her as soon as she is free!' Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire He was finally manumitted, but lived all his life in the deepest poverty, to which he attached no more importance than Socrates did at Athens. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity But masters could manumit their slaves, who thus became Roman citizens with some restrictions. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements The first step was to write to Mr. McCalmont to ascertain what were the lowest terms on which he would manumit his slave. Isaac T. Hopper "Their mother was a slave, and was never manumitted." A Romance of the Republic You will be manumitted by my will and you can live safely, comfortably and at ease. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Free, liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disengage, disentangle, disembarrass, disencumber, extricate. The Century Vocabulary Builder But masters could manumit their slaves, who thus became Roman citizens, with some restrictions. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. While he was gone, Friend Hopper negotiated with the master, who, finding there was little chance of regaining his slave, agreed to manumit him for one hundred and fifty dollars. Isaac T. Hopper By some unaccountable carelessness, he neglected to manumit her. A Romance of the Republic Augustus was the first who manumitted them, and employed them as rowers in his gallies. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Slaves instituted heirs by their masters, and manumitted subsequently to the execution of the will, belong to the same class. The Institutes of Justinian He had left the best of memories in "the River," and there were tales of his having manumitted in the Southern United States a small fortune of slaves without a shade of compulsion. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Lungs, I will manumit thee from the furnace; I will restore thee thy complexion, Puffe, Lost in the embers; and repair this brain, Hurt with the fume o' the metals. The Alchemist If I had manumitted her, carried her abroad, and legally married her, I should have no remorse mingled with my sorrow for her loss. A Romance of the Republic The nobles allied themselves with the serfs, who were manumitted that they might serve as soldiers in the conflicting armies. Landholding in England Hence arose the question of whether the child of a woman is born free, or a slave, who, while pregnant, is manumitted, and then becomes a slave again before delivery. The Institutes of Justinian She manumitted each of them on the spot, and was not ashamed to receive her life from men over whom she had held the power of life and death. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits Thereafter what English slaves were brought to Algiers he purchased, manumitted, and found means to send home again. The Sea-Hawk Consequently, he must either incur very undesirable publicity by applying to the legislature for a special exception in this case, or she must be manumitted in another State. A Romance of the Republic In it we shall find a stronger bondage broken, a viler slavery manumitted, a greater tyrant deposed; in it, more of want supplied, more disease healed, more sorrow assuaged. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 Those are freedmen, or made free, who have been manumitted from legal slavery. The Institutes of Justinian In it we shall find a stronger bondage broken, a viler slavery manumitted, a greater tyrant deposed—in it, more of want supplied, more disease healed, more sorrow assuaged. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation "For every slave that he so manumitted, he brought a dozen into bondage." The Sea-Hawk "How was it possible that Mr. Royal neglected to manumit her?" inquired the young man. A Romance of the Republic Formerly it was effected either by the observance of an old form prescribed by statute by which the son was fictitiously sold and then manumitted, or by imperial rescript. The Institutes of Justinian Of persons unable to manumit, and the causes of their incapacity VII. The Institutes of Justinian We say 'as a rule,' because if a slave below the age of puberty is manumitted by a woman, though she is entitled, as patroness, to the succession, another person is guardian. The Institutes of Justinian If, however, the slave belongs to the heir, who manumits him, Julian says that he is bound, and it is immaterial whether he knew or not that the slave had been bequeathed away from him. The Institutes of Justinian |
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