slave
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In the mural “Troubled Island,” Noni Olabisi chronicles the Haitian struggle for independence, including how suffering under French colonists led to the 1791 slave rebellion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The Moneyist: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Nestled on Brazil’s northeastern coast, Salvador was a major slave port for roughly 300 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
She was found but refused to come to Virginia—perhaps fearful of being a free black woman in a slave state.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing slave
"Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"
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Workshop 4, Part 1
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 4–8
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