enslaved
Example Sentences
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Instead of fleeing north, as thousands of enslaved African-Americans would do in the 19th century, he headed southwest toward North Carolina.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
She thought that the situation of enslaved people’s children was not something that could be settled on the basis of any domicile requirement.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
Dr Erieka Bennett, who leads the Ghana-based Diaspora African Forum, told the BBC the vote had a personal meaning for the descendants of people who were enslaved, like her.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Most of the reparations paid by governments came in the form of compensation to slave owners in the 19th Century, rather than to those who had been enslaved.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
In the Wayles house, Betty Hemings came to occupy a position that few enslaved women attained.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
