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  2. Manumission - Wikipedia

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    Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners. Different approaches to manumission were developed, each specific to the time and place of a particular society. Different approaches to manumission were developed, each specific to the time and place of a particular society.

  3. Contubernium - Wikipedia

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    One of the Augustan laws pertaining to marriage prohibited the manumission of a slave under the age of thirty except for freeing a slave woman for the purpose of marriage. [61] A man of senatorial rank would face legal penalties, including degradation of status, if he married a freedwoman (liberta) , but monogamous concubinage ( concubinatus ...

  4. Ama-gi - Wikipedia

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    A number of libertarian organizations have adopted the cuneiform glyph as a symbol claiming it is "the earliest-known written appearance of the word 'freedom' or 'liberty.'" [10] It is used as a logo by the Instituto Político para la Libertad of Peru, [11] the New Economic School – Georgia, [12] Libertarian publishing firm Liberty Fund, [13] and was the name and logo of the journal of the ...

  5. Villein - Wikipedia

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    Villein is derived from Late Latin villanus, meaning a man employed at a Roman villa rustica, or large agricultural estate.The system of tied serfdom originates from a decree issued by the late Roman Emperor Diocletian (r. 284–305 CE) in an attempt to prevent the flight of peasants from the land and the consequent decline in food production.

  6. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.

  7. New York Manumission Society - Wikipedia

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    The New York Manumission Society was founded in 1785. The term "manumission" is from the Latin meaning "a hand lets go," inferring the idea of freeing a slave.John Jay, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States as well as statesman Alexander Hamilton and the lexicographer Noah Webster, along with many slave holders among its founders.

  8. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]

  9. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/M - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples macer-lean: Latin: macer: emaciate, macerate, meager macr-[1]long: Greek: μακρός (makrós), μακρότης (makrótēs) "length"