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"The Church of England has apologised for the part that we played in the transatlantic slave trade but we've also said there needs to be action that relates to that," Archbishop Sarah said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

"For me that is such a stark illustration of the way the Church was involved in the slave trade," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

The insect’s first trips west came soon after, as the transatlantic slave trade brought ships packed with enslaved Africans to the New World.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Six weeks earlier, Brown had raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, in what was then Virginia, aiming to foment a slave insurrection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Although far from decent living conditions by today’s standards, these cabins were actually better than typical slave dwellings of the period.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Piah referenced how Liberia had been founded as a nation in the early 19th Century as a settlement for former slaves and freed black people from the United States and the Caribbean.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

In the 18th Century, the Church's missionary wing ran plantations and owned hundreds of slaves, which helped fund its work across the Americas and beyond.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Estimates vary as to how many slaves are on Sumba.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

To greatly simplify, the 14th Amendment was originally a response to a Supreme Court decision, the Dred Scott case, that said freed Black slaves could not be U.S. citizens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“All of Jackson’s servants were African American slaves who had worked under Mrs. Jackson’s management probably for the better part of their lives,” says Seale.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The house her father slaved away to build for his new bride in the 1930s.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016

This work that my dad slaved over for 10 years now will have a new life.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2014

But what’s crucial, what gives me some infinitesimal measure of hope, is that this book I wrote and slaved over every day and obsessed over for years will still be out there.

From Salon ● May 12, 2013

Her fantastically amazing friends, Eric and Ralph, had slaved away cooking a lovely meal for eight sophisticated guests, who also happened to be wildly interesting and fabulous.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2013

“After all we’ve slaved for these three years,” his father said.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

St. Patrick offered evocative details of slaving and missionary work in the lands around the Irish Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

At the time Bristol was a major slaving port.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023

Hergé, the illustrator and writer of Tintin and another of my great heroes, once drew a picture of himself slaving at the desk, with Tintin holding a whip over him showing a sort of disdain.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022

“This is my first virus I was working on, and kind of slaving away at it — and it’s really changed the field.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022

Perhaps this time, when you fail, you’ll wonder if it’s worthwhile slaving for the gods.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan