slaves

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A bank official said that the bank’s reasoning was that the debt owed ensured that the customers were slaves to the bank in perpetuity.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Sauer kept returning to his claim that the lone purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn Dred Scott and grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

From the 15th to 19th Centuries, around 12-15 million African men, women and children were captured and trafficked to the Americas to work as slaves.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Younger people were often captured during attacks in ancient times and taken as slaves.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Deliberately and strategically, the planter class extended special privileges to poor whites in an effort to drive a wedge between them and black slaves.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander