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Definition of Slaves
1. slave [v] - See also: slave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaves
Literary usage of Slaves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"The legislature of Grenada passed an act to prevent the too frequent and
indiscriminate manumission of slaves; repealing all the clauses, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"EMANCIPATION IN LATIN-AMERICA, the Manumission of slaves in Relation to the several
... 1823 and 17 and 24 April 1824 emancipated all slaves, and made-free, ..."
3. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, Lydia Maria Francis Child (1861)
"What slaves are Taught of the North. VIII. WHAT slaves ARE TAUGHT TO THINK OF
... When they visit the north, and return home, they tell their slaves of the ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"It was once proposed to discriminate the slaves by a peculiar habit ; but it was
justly apprehended that there might be some danger in acquainting them with ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"The clause against taxes on migration or importation of slaves now came before
the Convention. The subject aroused warm debate. Martin strongly opposed the ..."
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