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| * ], the freedom of a slave by the owner voluntarily | * ], the freedom of a slave by the owner voluntarily | ||
| * The freedom of a slave in accordance with laws under certain conditions | * The freedom of a slave in accordance with laws under certain conditions | ||
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| ⚫ | * ], movement that promoted and helped establish the right of women to vote. | ||
| * ], system delivering full representation of voter wishes. In place in many nations. ] delivers the highest averages for allocating seats, but it slightly favors large parties, where the ] method is most proportionally neutral. | |||
| * ] establishing equal access to the voting booth (USA, 1965) | |||
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| * ], a declaration by United States President Abraham Lincoln announcing that all slaves in Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed | * ], a declaration by United States President Abraham Lincoln announcing that all slaves in Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed | ||
| * The freedom of a ] in the historic Australian ] | * The freedom of a ] in the historic Australian ] | ||
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| ⚫ | * ], movement that promoted and helped establish the right of women to vote. | ||
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Emancipation refers to becoming free or equal, and can be used in a variety of 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 politics:
- Suffragettes, movement that promoted and helped establish the right of women to vote.
- Proportional representation, system delivering full representation of voter wishes. In place in many nations. D'Hondt method delivers the highest averages for allocating seats, but it slightly favors large parties, where the Sainte-Laguë method is most proportionally neutral.
- Voting Rights Act establishing equal access to the voting booth (USA, 1965)
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 music:
- Emancipation (album), a 1996 music album by File:Princesymbol.png (formerly known as Prince, a musical artist)
- The Emancipation of Mimi, a 2005 music album by Mariah Carey
In spirituality:
- 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.
See also
- Self-determination
- Revolution (disambiguation)
- Liberation (disambiguation)
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