The act of liberating a slave from bondage and givlng him free-dom. in a wider sense, releasing or deliv-ering one person from the power or control of another. See Fenwick v. Chapman, 9 Pet. 472, 9 L. Ed. 193; State v. Prnll, 1 N. J. Law, 4
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
