slaver
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Ellen, whose father was a slaver, was white enough to pass, but as a woman she could not easily travel unaccompanied in 1848.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
The Portuguese monarchy also hired explorers such as Alvise Cadamosto, a Venetian slaver sent to scout the region of Senegambia.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The plaque was installed in the church after the 18th Century slaver died in Dorchester in 1744, aged 46, during a visit to England - he was Scottish by birth.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022
This casting decision makes a clear point: Kind or not, a slaver is still a slaver.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
The slaver pulls out a sack of coins.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Thus the British, who had been such enthusiastic slavers, went on to force Muslim rulers to end their own version of the practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
By that time, white slavers had grown so accustomed to ignoring the Emancipation Proclamation, issued more than two years earlier, that even after Juneteenth, the institution of enslavement lingered on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Since sharia forbids Muslims from enslaving other Muslims, it became common practice to enslave non-Muslims from regions within reach of Islamic slavers.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
They could be lamentations or celebrations; at the same time, they could serve as a means of stealthy communication, spreading news outside the ken of white slavers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
He had not been so foolish as to fight the slavers, as Jorah Mormont had, but that did not mean he had escaped punishment.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
New York’s talent-hungry musical theater slavered for a follow-up.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
Then he did a bit in which he slavered over Sabra hummus and Rold Gold pretzels.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
They slavered over the delicious incongruity of this young thruster mixing it up with gimlet-eyed corporate lawyers, and winning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
Certainly not the critics, who slavered over its Royal Court premiere in 2007 and West End transfer, where the cast included the then-future Doctor Who, Matt Smith.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010
He likes for a fault to be bullied and stormed,Or imprisoned for several days,And hates, for a duty correctly performed,To be slavered with sickening praise.
From More Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
But some of the verdicts weren't just from long-standing critics or those with a dog slavering to get in to the fight.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Miller took one of the better-known characters from Stephen King's ginormous novel and transformed him into a slavering, blithering idiot, adding one more thing to despise atop a mountain of mediocrity.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2021
With Star Wars: The Last Jedi, writer-director Rian Johnson made a point of answering questions set up by The Force Awakens, and giving fans some answers they were slavering for.
From The Verge ● Dec. 18, 2017
His reputation, however, resides in earthly paradise, with two blockbuster exhibitions this year, drawing tens of thousands to admire his slavering, fluttering, waddling abominations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2016
The other two empousai circled Percy, their mouths slavering, ready for another taste.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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