enslavement

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Accidents and misfortunes, especially being captured in wartime, could lead to enslavement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

At the Legacy Museum, visitors experience 400 years of American history that includes enslavement, racial terrorism, and mass incarceration.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

This Passover, as for thousands of years, Jews gathered around seder tables will recall the story of our ancestors’ enslavement in Egypt.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025

“Jordan” was code for the Ohio River, and “Campground” was code for a community for Black people who were successful in escaping enslavement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander