enslaved
Example Sentences
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There, recent findings show, the enslaved cook and butler lived, and other slaves waited for orders.
Native Americans were forcibly removed from their lands in the development of this nation and enslaved people were brought to America involuntarily.
From Los Angeles Times
“Yes, sugar is the sweetness that comes from Cuba, but she also wanted to remind us of the bitterness felt by Afro-Cubans who were enslaved on the sugarcane plantations.”
From Literature
Less attention has been paid to the ways in which enslaved people strove for emancipation through acts of resistance.
One sign declared the site had been “transformed into a space that honors the lives of those enslaved.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
