What term refers to the release from slavery by an owner or payment?

What term refers to the release from slavery by an owner or payment?

• A. Emancipation Proclamation
• B. Reconstruction
• C. Manumissions
• D. Abolition

Answer: (C)

Manumission is the release of an enslaved person by the enslaver, often through payment or as allowed by law or a will. This is a personal act by a slave owner to grant freedom to an individual, not a broad government decree. That distinguishes it from Emancipation Proclamation, which was a presidential declaration freeing many enslaved people in certain areas during the Civil War. Abolition refers to the movement to end slavery altogether, while Reconstruction describes the period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the nation and integrating freed people into society. When talking about freeing more than one person, the term used is manumissions.

Manumission is the release of an enslaved person by the enslaver, often through payment or as allowed by law or a will. This is a personal act by a slave owner to grant freedom to an individual, not a broad government decree. That distinguishes it from Emancipation Proclamation, which was a presidential declaration freeing many enslaved people in certain areas during the Civil War. Abolition refers to the movement to end slavery altogether, while Reconstruction describes the period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the nation and integrating freed people into society. When talking about freeing more than one person, the term used is manumissions.