enslavement
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He stresses that the entire architecture of chattel enslavement was curated by Western slave-owning powers, who simply utilised local actors to help carry out their plans.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The aim is for the fund to be spent on "a programme of investment, research and engagement" in communities damaged by the enslavement of African people during the transatlantic slave trade.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
His “We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite”—a potent suite with lyrics about black history, from enslavement through emancipation—arrived during the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It also serves as a reminder of the need for a wider lens when thinking about enslavement and freedom throughout the Americas today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
From the time the first Portuguese explorer, Pedro Álvares Cabral, discovered Brazil in the year 1500, the Indian population was negatively impacted—from disease to enslavement to encroachment on their land and way of life.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Plagues, earthquakes, wars, enslavements, revolts and volcanic eruptions have played outsize roles in its dramatic history.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2020
Interminable alterations of peace and war, enslavements and emancipations—Why?
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
No wonder they kept hunting fifteen years for the man responsible for the Loki enslavements.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
Many of those who listened were refugees from the old world, having fled its oppressions and enslavements.
From Jimmie Higgins by Upton Sinclair
Marriages, divorces, inheritances, enslavements, disputes, etc., are all considered in this account, obtained by the Franciscan Juan de Plasencia from the natives.
