enslaved
Example Sentences
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In 1851, an escaped enslaved man named William Parker stood at the door of a Lancaster County farmhouse and barred access to four fugitive enslaved men he was protecting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Not Built in a Day” is frank about the limits of our ability to know what life was like for the enslaved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Dame Sarah Mullally was speaking on a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana where enslaved Africans were held before being trafficked to the Americas.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Thomas Jefferson was a man of the world. I’m sure he knew gay people. Sally Hemings was enslaved, so I would think she’d be more empathetic because of being an outcast and an outsider.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The people who were legal “property” of presidents were among the millions of enslaved people who lived and toiled in America—and who were stuck in the shadows, too.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
