definition manumission
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Manumission is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. Different approaches developed, each specific to the time and place of a society's slave system. The motivations of slave owners in manumitting slaves were complex and varied.
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Is 4-8 lbs of Beef a day too much?! 1 pound of ground beef has 76 grams of protein. So you are taking in 300-600 grams of protein a day. This might be a problem long term simply due to the amount of work your kidneys need to do to excrete the nitrogen.
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fenestration Definition of fenestration. 1  1 : the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. 2  2 : an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane) 3  3 : the operation of cutting an opening in the bony labyrinth between the inner ear and tympanum to replace natural fenestrae that are not functional.
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Slavery Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property. A slave is unable to withdraw unilaterally from such an arrangement and works without remuneration. Many scholars now use the term chattel slavery to refer to this specific sense of legalised, de jure slavery. In a broader sense, however, the word slavery may also refer to any situation in which an individual is de facto forc
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dirt 1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky. 2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj. maculacy. the state or quality of being blemished, stained, or spotted, as with dirt. Also maculation. — maculate, adj.
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'Microaggression' Is the New Racism on Campus In progressive politics, most of the action has moved on from the Civil Rights struggles of the past to a focus on societal or structural racism. But, wait, not so fast — there’s a new word on the street that the old-style social racism is still with us, 24/7. That word is: microaggression.
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- Definition of fenestration. 1 : the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. 2 : an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane)
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- Science and mathematics [edit]. 1  Transgression map in cohomology. 2  Transgression (geology) , a relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 3  Transgression (genetics) , a peculiar case of heterosis, showing extreme phenotypes in a hybrid offspring.
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- Definition of fabrication. 1  1 : the act or process of fabricating. 2  2 : a product of fabrication; especially : lie, falsehood.
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Anti-segregation 1. the act of segregating or state of being segregated. 2. (Sociology) sociol the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group. 3. (Genetics) genetics the separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametes. See also Mendel's laws. 4. (Metallurgy) metallurgy the process in which a component of an alloy or solid solution separates in small regions within the solid or on the solid's surface.
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amelioration (of the meaning of a word) a change from pejorative to neutral or positively pleasant. The word nice has achieved its modern meaning by amelioration from the earlier sense foolish, silly Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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- Full Definition of MANHOOD. 1. : the condition of being a human being. 2. : qualities associated with men: manliness. 3. : the condition of being an adult male as distinguished from a child or female. 4. : adult males: men. 5.
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Definitions &Translations A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which a material emits light.any materials selectively absorb certain wavelengths of light. Materials that humans have chosen and developed for use as pigments usually have special properties that make them ideal for coloring other materials. A pigment must have a high tinting strength relative to the materials it colors.
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Transgression 1 Transgression (geology) , a relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 2  Transgression (genetics) , a peculiar case of heterosis, showing extreme phenotypes in a hybrid offspring.
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cession 1 : an act of ceding : a yielding (as of property) to another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana : assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor b : transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer c : transfer of control of or sovereignty over specific property or territory especially by treaty such district…as may, by ...
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: transgression (Noun). A violation of a law, command or duty. transgression (Noun). An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries. transgression (Noun). A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
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fabrication A fabrication is something made up, like a lie. Telling your boss that the subway broke down when in fact you just forgot to set your alarm is a fabrication. The word fabrication was originally used to talk about manufacturing or construction, and it referred to the act of assembling something. Tires and steering wheels are necessary materials for automobile fabrication.
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- Define adulteration. adulteration synonyms, adulteration pronunciation, adulteration translation, English dictionary definition of adulteration. tr.v. a·dul·ter·at·ed , a·dul·ter·at·ing , a·dul·ter·ates To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients. adj. Archaic 1.
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Discussion Topics Discussion Topics. Definition: Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults towards people of color.
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- cession noun [C or U] uk / ˈseʃ ə n / us › LAW an occasion when one person or country officially gives land or property to another, or the act of officially giving land or property away
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Definitions &Translations Definitions for introversionˌɪn trəˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən, ˈɪn trəˌvɜr-. invagination, introversion(noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed. invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding(noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface. the invagination of the blastula.
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transgression Definition of transgression. : an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such asa : infringement or violation of a law, command, or dutyb : the spread of the sea over land areas and the consequent unconformable deposit of sediments on older rocks.
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Manifest Destiny noun. Manifest Destiny is defined as a 19th century American belief that the spread of the United States across the continent was inevitable. An example of Manifest Destiny is the belief by President Polk's administration that the U.S. should expand throughout the continent.
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What is a microaggression? A microaggression is any one of the countless little things that leave the mouth of a well-intentioned person and that person looks back, cringes, and think, Ooo...was that a little bit racist / sexist / homophobic? (The looking back might not actually happen...)
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Chapter Twelve In addition to the New York Manumission Society, the courts were left to untangle the disrupted human and property relations caused by ambiguities in black legal and family status during the period of voluntary manumission and gradual emancipation.
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Definitions &Translations (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) Manumission, from manumit /ˌmænjəˈmɪt/, is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. Different approaches developed, each specific to the time and place of a society's slave system. The motivations of slave owners in manumitting slaves were complex and varied.