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to take control of and assert authority over
—usually used as (be) enslaved
Her ancestors were enslaved during the war.
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Julio Capó Jr. / Made By History, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
Richmond, Virginia Maggie Walker was born free in Richmond in 1864, when enslaved people still toiled in the White House of the Confederacy a few miles away.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Yet tonight, in the final hours of this year’s legislative session, two key bills to repair harm for African American descendants of enslaved people met their bitter demise.
—Cal Matters, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Ross also litters the film with historical context, cutting in everything from old photographs of enslaved people to footage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches to clips of Bertillon's questionable criminology method of anthropometry.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
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Prior to the Civil War when Florida joined the Confederacy, roughly 44% of the state’s sparse population consisted of enslaved people.
—Julio Capó Jr. / Made By History, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
Richmond, Virginia Maggie Walker was born free in Richmond in 1864, when enslaved people still toiled in the White House of the Confederacy a few miles away.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Yet tonight, in the final hours of this year’s legislative session, two key bills to repair harm for African American descendants of enslaved people met their bitter demise.
—Cal Matters, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Ross also litters the film with historical context, cutting in everything from old photographs of enslaved people to footage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches to clips of Bertillon's questionable criminology method of anthropometry.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Enslaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaved. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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