Send us feedback about these examples.Your may also love these PNG clip art images These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'enslave.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Many inns and taverns - including Union Mills - relied on African Americans who were enslaved or indentured to prepare meals and maintain the household. 2023 For the first three years, its ambition was to aid the formerly enslaved to become self-reliant. Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2023 Scott, who had been enslaved in Missouri, resided for a time in the free state of Illinois and sued for his freedom on that basis. Coll Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023 In the early 1800s, the town’s Afro-Colombian population was enslaved and forced to work through December, attending to slaveholders’ holiday festivities.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, Both had been enslaved, and the self-possession that ought to reward artistic creation can only go so far when the artist himself is a legal possession, as Dave was during his most productive period. Smith, Los Angeles Times, In the late 1840s, King Ghezo of Dahomey (most recently portrayed on the silver screen in The Woman King) defeated Bonetta’s tribe, killed her parents and enslaved her. Sophie Austin, Chicago Tribune, One survey conducted late last year by the Pew Research Center found that just 30% of Americans favor providing compensation to the descendants of people who were enslaved in the U.S., with a full 68% opposed. Recent Examples on the Web The task force could vote for the state to apologize publicly and acknowledge responsibility for past wrongs in the presence of people whose ancestors were enslaved.
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