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These land cessions were cemented in the Treaties of 1866, in which the five slaveholding nations also agreed to emancipate their slaves, give them all the rights of tribal citizens and provide them with land allotments.
My Ancestors Were Enslaved—But Their Freedom Came at a Price for Others | Alaina E. Roberts | April 14, 2021 | TimeA general rising was planned in Lombardy, but failed, as the Austrians received news of the proposed cession of Milan.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonOn the cession of Louisiana, he followed the standard of "the king, his master, who never suffers an old servant to be neglected."
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesNapoleon affected uncertainty, and demanded an enormous cession of territory as the price of a truce.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneThe principal dissensions, however, grew out of the question of the cession of the territory east of the Mississippi.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
To the cession of its rather imposing fort was immediately ascribed the massacre of our countrymen at Patna, as already mentioned.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
British Dictionary definitions for cession
/ (ˈsɛʃən) /
the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory
something that is ceded, esp land or territory
Origin of cession
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