What is the difference between manumission and emancipation of the enslaved?
Manumission permitted the enslaver to release a person on their own terms, while emancipation forced enslavers to legally free those they enslaved.
Manumission is legally freeing enslaved people, while emancipation is abolishing the institution of slavery.
Manumission is abolishing the institution of slavery, while emancipation is allowing an enslaved person to purchase their freedom.
Emancipation permitted the enslaver to release a person from slavery on their own terms, while manumission forced enslavers to legally free those they enslaved.