the emancipation of slaves

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• (the) Emancipation Proclamation — the Emancipation Proclamation [the Emancipation Proclamation] the statement made by President Abraham ↑Lincoln on 1 January 1863 that all slaves in the ↑Confederate States were ‘forever free’. It had no actual power to make them free, but people… …   Useful english dictionary

• Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves — The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was a law passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War forbidding the military to return escaped slaves to their owners. As Union armies entered Southern territory during the early… …   Wikipedia

• Emancipation Day — is celebrated in various locations in observation generally of the emancipation of slaves.CaribbeanThe Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ended slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834. Emancipation Day is widely observed in the British West… …   Wikipedia

• emancipation — eman·ci·pa·tion /i ˌman sə pā shən/ n: the act or process of emancipating Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. emancipation …   Law dictionary

• Emancipation — E*man ci*pa tion, n. [L. emancipatio: cf. F. [ e]mancipation.] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; the act or process of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• emancipation — e|man|ci|pa|tion [ ı,mænsı peıʃn ] noun uncount FORMAL the process of giving freedom and rights to someone: LIBERATION: the emancipation of slaves …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• emancipation — UK [ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] the process of giving freedom and rights to someone the emancipation of slaves …   English dictionary

• Emancipation Proclamation — The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the… …   Wikipedia

• Emancipation of the British West Indies — The Emancipation of the British West Indies was proposed as early as 1787, but was not achieved until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.The British were the first to attempt to abolish slavery in the Caribbean during the early 1800s, but complete …   Wikipedia

• Emancipation Memorial — The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman’s Memorial or the Emancipation Group, and sometimes referred to as the Lincoln Memorial before the present more prominent so named memorial was built, is a monument in Lincoln Park in the… …   Wikipedia

• The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia