enslaved
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In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Also, descendants of the Donners, Kit Carson, the enslaved, the indigenous and the crazily ambitious, innovative and visionary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
After Britain abolished slavery in 1833, those formerly enslaved continued to work the plantations as contract employees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Under the terms of the treaty with England, enslaved people who had escaped to the British are returned to their owners; some who had been promised freedom by Andrew Jackson remain in slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
