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Captain Nemo and I fighting to get freedom for slaves? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emancipation

'freedom for slaves?' is the definition.
(emancipation can mean being freed from slavery)

'captain nemo and i fighting' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fighting' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'captain'+'nemo'='captainnemo'
'captainnemo' put after 'i' is 'icaptainnemo'.
'icaptainnemo' is an anagram of 'EMANCIPATION'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Another definition for emancipation that I've seen is " release".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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