Slavery: The Role Of Manumission In The United States

Manumission is the act of freeing the slave voluntarily. The process of manumission can be achieved in variety of ways. For example, the slaves can be freed by the order of the states or by the direct will of the individual owners. Also, the slaves have the option to purchase their own freedom if they were lucky enough to earn enough money. However, the free slaves had to work again to free their families. The activists who were against the slavery purchased the manumission to release the slaves as well.
The act of the manumission in Latin Americans was not consistent, it mostly depended on where they lived. The slavs were freed mostly through the owner’s actions. The manumission was granted under a condition. This condition had a wide range of varieties from manumission without charging for payment or to further years of service by the slave. Sometimes, the grant had a period of service that continued to the owner’s successor or ended at the owner’s death. …show more content…
Even if the manumission was permitted, it did not happen most of the time. This is because the people in the southern United States believed that free slaves were dangerous and they are a threat to the social stability. For example, the states around the ocean ports made the regulations against the free sale sailors who serve the ship. The ship captains had to bring their sailors to the local jail until the ship is ready to sail again. Also, the southern United States prohibited freed slaves to work in any professions. For example, Mississippi made it illegal for freed slaves to work in printing offices, while Georgia kept the freed slaves to work as mechanics. They were also banned from learning to read or write, and they were more severely punished for criminal