In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MANCIPATION
Noun
mancipation (countable and uncountable, plural mancipations)
(obsolete) Slavery.
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a legal formality for acquiring title to property by actual or by simulated purchase.
Source: Wiktionary
Man`ci*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. mancipatio a transfer.]
Definition: Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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