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

But the enslaved people at Mount Vernon and Monticello were still in bondage, along with the thousands of others who would be forced back into enslavement.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis