| 1. | The word " manumission " means the freeing of a slave.
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| 2. | Thus he felt it was a very weak form of manumission.
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| 3. | Most southern states tightened restrictions on manumission, effectively ending it.
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| 4. | Enslaved Africans became more difficult to hold as manumission became a certainty.
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| 5. | Firstly, manumission may present itself as a sentimental and benevolent gesture.
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| 6. | As a result, manumissions decreased dramatically in the South.
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| 7. | This sharply reduced the rate of manumissions in the state.
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| 8. | He was still technically a slave, but he quickly obtained manumission.
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| 9. | Several southern states, including Virginia in 1782, made manumissions easier.
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| 10. | Manumission of a slave was encouraged as a way of expiating sins.
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