slave
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The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The pope in “Magnifica Humanitas” also asks for “pardon”—from whom it’s unclear—for the church’s complicity in the slave trade and other forms of exploitation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Ghana has long been leading efforts for compensation and apologies from Western nations for the slave trade.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Related: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Justice Sachs sees the remains of a slave ship lying so close to such a beautiful spot as a reminder of the dark side of history.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing slave
"Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"
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Workshop 4, Part 1
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 4–8
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