Affranchir vs. émanciper

Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the context of "He lived and worked there as a slave until his master emancipated him in 1776." can one use émanciper? It wasn't accepted when I tried it. My dictionary only gave émanciper as the translation for emancipate. Now that I have learned affranchir, I will use it.

This question relates to:French writing exercise "Toussaint Louverture"

Freeform Writing Exercise B2

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Frank,

I had to check that one as it is very 'niche' but it seems that used with slavery/serfdom it is indeed 'affranchir' -

https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/affranchir

Bonne Continuation !

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Frank C. asked:

affranchir vs. émanciper

In the context of "He lived and worked there as a slave until his master emancipated him in 1776." can one use émanciper? It wasn't accepted when I tried it. My dictionary only gave émanciper as the translation for emancipate. Now that I have learned affranchir, I will use it.

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