What does manummission means?

Answer 1

Manumission is a legal term for freeing one's slaves. In many southern states manumission was forbidden by law, or only permissible by will, meaning the slave owner could only free his slaves at his death by so specifying in his will. But, slaves were expensive and valuable, and often worth more than the land they worked, so, few large slave owners were willing to diminish the inheritance of their children by freeing a large portion of their net worth upon their death.

Answer 2

A manumission is a type of slavery used in Roman times .

Answer 3

Manumission is the act of freeing slaves. Though manumission can refer to any act of emancipation, it is most often used to describe slaveholders' voluntary release of their own slaves.