Is gradual emancipation the same as manumission?

[chipmunkthanos]

Is there some difference between them?

[Austin58296]

Hi @chipmunkthanos

I’m not an expert on these two terms, but from the way I understand it, manumission is when owners voluntary free their slaves, while emancipation involves government action.

[miranda-doro]

Manumission was when the masters free their slaves, while gradual emancipation was a government-mandated phasing out of slavery all together. The similarity is not getting rid of slavery all together