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enslaved

adjective as in binding

adjective as in indentured

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Beyond nations, there were also varying groups and interests, including enslaved and free Black Americans, and women, too.

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The children of an enslaved person are also enslaved, so I am a slave.

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At its base, in a position of figurative support, are enslaved Parthians in the custody of their new Roman masters.

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In the century of the country’s founding, British colonies in the New World imported 1.5 million enslaved Africans.

Hakan, not his real name, is now living in a safe house in north-east England but was enslaved for a decade, experiencing regular beatings and abuse.

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