Month: April 2021

early 15c., manumitten, “set (a slave or captive) free,” from Latin manumittere “to release from one’s power, set at liberty, emancipate,” literally “to send from one’s ‘hand'” (i.e. “control”), from the phrase manu mittere “release from control,” from manu, ablative of manus “power of a master,” literally “hand” (from PIE root *man- (2) “hand”) + mittere “let go, release” (see mission). Related: Manumitted; manumitting. Alternative form manumiss, manumise was sometimes used 16c.-19c.

“manumitted slave,” c. 1600, from past participle of free (adj.) + man (n.). Especially in U.S. history. The older word is freeman. Freedman’s Bureau (1865) was the popular name of the “Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,” an office of the War Department established by Congress March 3, 1865, and discontinued in 1872.

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1580s, from Latin interregnum “an interval between two reigns,” literally “between-reign,” from inter “between” (see inter-) + regnum “kingship, dominion, rule, realm,” related to regere “to rule, to direct, keep straight, guide” (from PIE root *reg- “move in a straight line,” with derivatives meaning “to direct in a straight line,” thus “to lead, rule”). In the republic, it meant a vacancy in the consulate. The earlier English noun was interreign (1530s), from French interrègne (14c.).

1820 – Limited the spread of slavery
Aroused southern fears for the long-term future of slavery
1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and outlawing slavery in future states to be created north of the 36, 30 parallel.

Niagara Movement, (1905–10), organization of black intellectuals that was led by W.E.B. Du Bois and called for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans. This stance stood in notable contrast to the accommodation philosophy proposed by Booker T. Washington in the Atlanta Compromise of 1895.F

Precursor to NAACP (subverted)

Received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine, making him the first African American and person of color to be so honored in the history of the prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations, and was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy.

“open declaration, frank acknowledgment,” 1716, from avow + -al (2).