An emancipist was any of the convicts sentenced and transported under the convict system to Australia, who'd been given conditional or absolute pardons. The term was also used to refer to those convicts whose sentences had expired, and could also be used of free settlers who supported full civil rights for emancipated convicts.(External Link) An emancipist was free to own land and was no longer subject to penal servitude. An emancipist could be released from his or her sentence for good behaviou… (More on Emancipist)