enslave
verb (used with object), en·slaved, en·slav·ing.
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incarcerate, suppress, deprive, coerce, shackle, imprison, subjugate, oppress, disenfranchise, fetter, secure, subdue, reduce, restrict, enclose, circumscribe, tether, check, subject, captureExamples from the Web for enslaved
Contemporary Examples of enslaved
Historically, conquering armies have seized inhabitants of conquered areas and enslaved them.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century TerrorismLouise I. Shelley
December 26, 2014
For 300 years, Europeans and Americans colonized much of Africa and enslaved millions of its people.
One immediately noticeable difference is that enslaved men tended to be given a greater range of mobility than enslaved women.
This law insured that any African brought to Virginian shores would be enslaved.
Slavery As ‘Innovation’ and Other Provocative Ideas: What I Learned From Henry Louis Gates’s ‘Many Rivers to Cross’Jamelle Bouie
October 22, 2013
If an enslaved woman gave birth to a slave, her child was also a slave.
Slavery As ‘Innovation’ and Other Provocative Ideas: What I Learned From Henry Louis Gates’s ‘Many Rivers to Cross’Jamelle Bouie
October 22, 2013
Historical Examples of enslaved
It strives to seal forever the fate of those it has enslaved.
In the mind of Nicias, enslaved by the grossest superstition, there was no room for doubt.
Stories from ThucydidesH. L. Havell
But neither his heart nor his reason had ever again been enslaved by his passions.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Subject in her body, she was enslaved in mind and soul as well.
Shelley, Godwin and Their CircleH. N. Brailsford
Men did evil deeds, and justified them to their own enslaved minds.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine