enslaved

American  

[en-sleyvd] / ɛnˈsleɪvd /

adjective

1. made a slave; held in slavery or bondage.

   Enslaved people were seen not as people at all but as commodities to be bought, sold, and exploited.

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Other Word Forms

• unenslaved adjective

Etymology

Origin of enslaved

First recorded in 1660–70; enslave ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

But so far, no country has ever paid reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans or affected African, Caribbean and Latin American nations.

From BBC

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was something Thoreau not just railed against but acted against, smuggling several enslaved people to Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal

Forts, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were once held under inhuman conditions, remain standing along the West African country's coast.

From BBC

And the U.S. began that relationship with the free Cuban people, many of whom had been enslaved by Spain, not by inviting them to the negotiation table in France but by dictating terms.

From Los Angeles Times

Ghana has positioned itself as a gateway for diaspora return since launching the "Year of Return" initiative in 2019, which commemorated 400 years since enslaved Africans were first taken to North America.

From Barron's

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