Sentence examples for held slaves from inspiring English sources

Its founders held slaves.

There was also evidence that the Shang engaged in human sacrifice and may have held slaves.

Indians held slaves and produced children with them, just as whites did.

Americans are often shocked to learn that black Indians exist at all -- and that Native Americans actually held slaves.

Her father owned a sugar-refining business; his partner, Bradish Johnson, held slaves on a Louisiana sugar plantation and did not have a reputation for kindness.

What does it mean that such a man not only held slaves but also devoted considerable attention to their status, their mode of life and, yes, their profitability?

There is no conclusive evidence, for example, that it held "slave quarters".

A black woman known as Polly was held slave by French trader Hyacinthe Lasselle of Vincennes.

We recognize the right of South Carolina and Georgia to hold slaves if they desire them.

Black masters continued to hold slaves even as the Union Army prepared for its terrible march through South Carolina.

Only the Fang, who were migrating southward from Cameroon into the forests north of the Ogooué, ordinarily refused to hold slaves or engage in warfare to obtain them.