slaves
Example Sentences
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Slaves, he wrote to his brother Brutus, “must soon be free!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
"Even Glastonbury's bigger than my island," says Rileasa Slaves, who is originally from St Lucia and lives in London.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
It’s safe to say that the Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” is a unique film.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
“At times whole squadrons of corsairs were cruising off the coast of the United Kingdom,” says Bernard Capp, emeritus professor of history at The University of Warwick and author of British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs.
From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024
Slaves were given long, sharp machetes, which would be their equipment—but for some also their weapons—until the harvest was done.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
