enslaver
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enslavers
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Her enslaver, Philemon T. Hambleton—who may well have been her biological father—refused to release her from servitude.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
He was also an enslaver, blind, as so many others, to his own hypocrisies.
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
It was from the wife of his former enslaver.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
Most likely Pareja was the son of an enslaved woman and a white Spaniard father, perhaps her enslaver.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
That was as near as I dared to come to asking what had happened to my would-be enslaver.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
When she was around 18 years old, records show she sailed with her enslavers to the Netherlands, where in 1774–75 Dutch artist Jeremias Schultz painted her portrait with an opulence reserved only for high society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
I found that there were more than just a few enslavers who questioned the system.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025
At a young age, she was sold and purchased by enslavers, developing skills in herbal medicine and midwifery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
The book combines historical narrative with illustrations depicting African and African American women rising up against their enslavers, often at the cost of their own lives.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
Great souls grow bolder in their country's cause, Detest enslavers, and despise their laws.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Philip Freneau
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