This is a question to historians of American slavery. I thought a slave owner could give manumission for his slaves. But some sources say a slave could be freed only under certain conditions like saving a life and only by decision of a court.
Daniel Felipe Ospina Sanchez
le sugiero ver las normas de derecho romano, que eran contempladas en el derecho esclavista norteamericano
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Ashraf Samhan
Interesting question, I think slaves at that time were treated as properties, and as the right of property is a direct authority of the owner, he doesn't have to get permission to free them.
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