Example sentences for: emancipation

How can you use “emancipation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The turning point for their relationship was a celebration of Juneteenth Day, a holiday commemorating the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas first learned that the Civil War was over and, two and a half years after the fact, that President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • Emancipation and Decline

  • And then he didn't go on to add: "Is that the Emancipation Proclamation in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

  • He formed the peaceful but powerful Catholic Association, and in 1829 the Duke of Wellington, in a bid to avoid a civil war, passed the Catholic Emancipation Bill, which allowed Irish Catholics to sit in the parliament at Westminster for the first time.

  • Behind the fort and the Vendors Plaza is Emancipation Park, perhaps the one place in town where you can sit in the shade of the trees and enjoy the cooling sea breeze after your sightseeing and shopping.


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