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What does emancipation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
  2. The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
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Marx, reacting against the asperities of Capitalism, will establish a metanarrative promising emancipation from exploitation and alienation.
The emancipation of the serfs in 1861 left the countryside in deep poverty.
Certain others benefited from deliberate and conscious acts of emancipation.
After emancipation in 1863, minstrelsy was taken over increasingly by black performers.
The emancipation of the serfs in Russia in 1861 had given a huge boost to the development of capitalism.
Even for those who did not accept these apocalyptic scenarios, emancipation portended a chaotic and terrifying new world.

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