Emancipator
(noun)
A person who advocates or works for the abolition of slavery or the granting of freedom.
Origin:
From the latin word "emancipare" meaning to set free, it refers to a person who advocates or works for the abolition of slavery or the granting of freedom.
Examples:
- Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the great emancipators in American history.
- Frederick Douglass was an emancipator who fought for the rights of African American slaves.
- Martin Luther King Jr. is considered an emancipator for his work in the Civil Rights Movement.
- The Emancipator Proclamation was a presidential order issued by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
- The Emancipators were a group of abolitionists who worked to free enslaved people in the 19th century.