enslaved
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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
In early hip-hop and dance music, Mr. Gibbs heard echoes of the shuffling feet and handclaps of a ring shout, the communal spiritual ritual in which enslaved Africans used their own bodies as instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
History textbooks often include the story of the Underground Railroad, an organized network of secret routes, places and people that guided enslaved populations from the South to abolitionist Northern states.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
In the South, formerly enslaved Black Southerners assembled for the first time ever, exercising rights they could not have while enslaved.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Wild game was plentiful on the plantation, and one of the few ways that enslaved people could earn any money was to hunt or trap birds to sell to Washington.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
