enslaved
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In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
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
After Britain abolished slavery in 1833, those formerly enslaved continued to work the plantations as contract employees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
About the same time, however, Jefferson advertised in The Virginia Gazette for the return of an enslaved mulatto shoemaker named Sandy.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
