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Abraham Lincoln fibbed as well, telling newspaper readers in 1862 that he was not considering emancipating the Confederacy’s enslaved people when he’d already decided to do so.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

A brilliant colorist, he became known for emancipating his paintings from the flat rectilinearity imposed by wood stretchers.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022

“I Color Myself Different” is really about the emancipating power of self-love.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

Brown, who gained attention with her innovative bestseller "Good and Cheap," aptly titles her emancipating latest work "Good Enough. A Cookbook."

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2022

In Germany during the eighteenth century the greater universities had been emancipating themselves from the stricter forms of political and court favoritism and of ecclesiastical protection and control.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various