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Likewise, the end of slavery was not solely brought about by the Civil War in the U.S., but also by centuries of resistance through rebellions, wars, sabotage and self-emancipation, across the entire Americas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

The longer struggle against slavery in the Western Hemisphere involved centuries of resistance through rebellions, wars, sabotage, and self-emancipation by enslaved people themselves, a story that extends far beyond the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

By letting us, as spectators, witness that process of self-emancipation at close range, these female-led productions in Hamburg and Munich pack both a theatrical and a moral punch.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Three dolls she made after her self-emancipation, for the children of her white employers, are some of the first you see in the show.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

I recommend a similar self-emancipation to the gentleman who did me the honor of speaking.'

From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)