slaves
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“We were slaves to the fiat system,” she said, “but Bitcoin brought hope back into my life, hope that I can retire someday.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Without inhibition, Ferrier believed that we’d all be slaves to our basest impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Though the first African slaves in Virginia arrived in 1619, comparatively few black captives came to the English colonies of the North American mainland during the period covered in “Contested Continent.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Piah referenced how Liberia had been founded as a nation in the early 19th Century as a settlement for former slaves and freed black people from the United States and the Caribbean.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the presence of slaves in Philadelphia would create a problem for Washington.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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