enslave
Example Sentences
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“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.”
Likely between age 8 and 15, she was enslaved by an ethnic Maya faction in present-day Tabasco state, though it is unclear if she was kidnapped or sold.
From Los Angeles Times
The exhibit is a memorial to nine enslaved people George Washington owned during the founding of the country.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
