Emancipation

Emancipation generally means the liberation of a person from slavery, indentured servitude, guardianship, or some other restraint or impediment on their rights imposed under a social system, legal code, etc. More broadly, it is the acquisition of economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, though possibly more generally. Among others, Karl Marx discussed political emancipation in his 1844 essay "On the Jewish Question", although often in addition to (or in contrast with) the term human emancipation. Marx's views of political emanci

reform passed by Tsar Alexander II of Russia which effectively abolished serfdom throughout the Russian Empire

1700s–1800s reduction in anti-Catholic discrimination in the UK and Ireland

sculpture by Fuad Abdurahmanov in Baku, Azerbaijan

concept of family law