enslaved
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The show duly discusses Statian women, notes that not all colonial-era Jews were Patriots, and reveals that, as of 1781, Jews on St. Eustatius held 86 enslaved Africans as property.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
History textbooks often include the story of the Underground Railroad, an organized network of secret routes, places and people that guided enslaved populations from the South to abolitionist Northern states.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
In those early years, Black men in livery—many descended from families once enslaved in the area—steered horse carriages down the main thoroughfare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In the South, formerly enslaved Black Southerners assembled for the first time ever, exercising rights they could not have while enslaved.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
“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 "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
