liberator
Other forms: liberators
A liberator is someone who sets people free from captivity. Abolitionists were liberators who fought to free African-American slaves from bondage in the years before the Civil War.
Both liberator and liberty derive from the Latin liberare meaning "to set free." A liberator is someone who provides liberty, or freedom, to people held captive or repressed. At the end of the Holocaust, allied forces entered Germany and Poland, acting as liberators for millions of Jews held in concentration camps during World War II.
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This account of Helen Keller's life is divided into three parts: Part I is Keller's autobiography, which she published in 1903; Part II is a selection of Keller's letters; and Part III consists of supplementary materials by Keller's teacher and lifelong friend, Anne Sullivan. Here are links to our lists for the text: Part I: Chapters 1-5, Part I: Chapters 6-11, Part I: Chapters 12-17, Part I: Chapters 18-23, Part II: Letters, Part III: Chapters 1-2, Part III: Chapters 3-5 Here is a link to the full text: The Story of My Life Here is a link to our lists for William Gibson's play about Keller's life, The Miracle Worker.
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