Emancipation

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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 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
Emancipist was a term used for former transported convicts in the Australian penal colonies given conditional or absolute pardon.

In politics:

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 (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.

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