Affranchise (Verb)
Meaning
Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The enslaved people were affranchised and given the right to vote and own land after the civil war.
- In the late 18th century, many abolitionists worked tirelessly to affranchise African slaves in the colonies.
- The queen issued a decree that would affranchise all serfs in the kingdom, granting them their freedom.
- During the revolutionary period, efforts were made to affranchise slaves and raise their status as free people.
- The newly elected government vowed to affranchise thousands of bonded laborers working in factories and plantations.