http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2007/11/manumission/ Words - spiffing and copacetic Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2007/11/manumission/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Tom Joad Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:18:28 +0000 http://www.readright.be/WDJ/?p=82#comment-563 That's a nice idea - and it goes well with the "releasing the hand" part! Maybe the manumittens were symbolically attached to the slave's parka with elastic... That’s a nice idea – and it goes well with the “releasing the hand” part! Maybe the manumittens were symbolically attached to the slave’s parka with elastic…

]]> http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2007/11/manumission/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Daphne Wayne-Bough Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:47:14 +0000 http://www.readright.be/WDJ/?p=82#comment-562 Sounds just like my relationship with my lodger. Although a bit more obsequium on his part wouldn't go amiss. Did the freed slaves wear manumittens to show their new status? Sounds just like my relationship with my lodger. Although a bit more obsequium on his part wouldn’t go amiss. Did the freed slaves wear manumittens to show their new status?

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