enslavement
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The aim is for the fund to be spent on "a programme of investment, research and engagement" in communities damaged by the enslavement of African people during the transatlantic slave trade.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But it was extremely hypocritical of the U.S. to condemn the Barbary states for enslaving a few hundred Americans given, you know, the extensive enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Africans on American soil.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
His “We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite”—a potent suite with lyrics about black history, from enslavement through emancipation—arrived during the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
However, by the 18th century the center of enslavement had shifted farther north, toward the sugar plantations of the Caribbean, and the numbers dropped in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
But the enslaved people at Mount Vernon and Monticello were still in bondage, along with the thousands of others who would be forced back into enslavement.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Plagues, earthquakes, wars, enslavements, revolts and volcanic eruptions have played outsize roles in its dramatic history.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2020
No wonder they kept hunting fifteen years for the man responsible for the Loki enslavements.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
Marriages, divorces, inheritances, enslavements, disputes, etc., are all considered in this account, obtained by the Franciscan Juan de Plasencia from the natives.
Interminable alterations of peace and war, enslavements and emancipations—Why?
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
But I know the souls of men and women; when I meet greed, and pride, and cruelty, the enslavements of the flesh, they cannot lie to me.
From They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair
