enslaved
Example Sentences
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Lithwick: Separated from their children, not yet full citizens, formerly enslaved parents faced unimaginable odds to reunite their families.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The irony is that Sally was also Martha’s half-sister — the product of John Wayles’ relations with an enslaved woman — making her biological kin to the Monticello Association members, too.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Mexodus,” a live-looping, hip-hop musical about an enslaved person who seeks sanctuary south of the border, offers encouraging signs of life for the art form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Ms. Brown has also set much of the Nunewaks’ music in Tut, a secret 18th-century language of the enslaved, which is pleasantly singable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
A large number of Mount Vernon’s enslaved house workers and skilled craftsmen were of mixed race.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
