Emancipation facts for kids

Emancipation is a term used to describe various efforts to obtain political rights or equality for a specific group of people.

The word emancipation was in common use in political affairs of 18th and 19th century political discourse, as in Catholic or Jewish emancipation movements (see the emancipation page for more examples), while female suffrage was a major goal of women's emancipation movements.

In the United States the civil rights movement culminating in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, can be seen as further realization of events such as the Emancipation Proclamation and abolition of slavery a century earlier.

See also

In Spanish: Emancipación para niños

• Emancipation Proclamation, a declaration by United States President Abraham Lincoln announcing that all slaves in Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed
• Emancipation of women, including the women's suffrage movement
• Abolitionism (abolition of slavery), a political movement that sought to end the practice of slavery and the worldwide slave trade