enslaved
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Ross Kelbaugh, a researcher and collector of most of the photos in the exhibition, said perhaps it was circulated at abolitionist meetings to ask: "How could this 'institution' keep these little girls enslaved?"
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Yet Indigenous and enslaved African populations did not simply take on these symbols of subjugation; they absorbed and subverted them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Merikins are the descendants of formerly enslaved African Americans who fought alongside the British during the War of 1812.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
Her mother, Afiba, was an enslaved kitchen maid possibly from Ghana or Ivory Coast, who gave birth to a baby girl in 1756 at Fort Nassau, Berbice’s headquarters run by the Society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
In installments, its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, poured forth the tragic tale of the life of Uncle Tom, a fictional, enslaved Black man.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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