Sentence examples for they were escaped from inspiring English sources
Free blacks in New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere had to be on guard against gangs of kidnappers who would seize free men and women, falsely claim they were escaped slaves and ship them south to be sold.
Historical records of macaws on these islands, therefore, may not have represented distinct, endemic species; it is also possible that they were escaped or feral foreign macaws that had been transported to the islands.
"They were escaping northward to Zawiya," he said.
Even as they were escaping, the Brotherhood leadership was negotiating with the army.
"People who moved here from the former U.S.S.R. thought they were escaping tyranny," Mr. Kruger said.
He also knew many of the places they were escaping from.
They claimed they were escaping Popish influences, but they were really escaping the horrible climate of the east coast of England.
"I wanted people to have an experience where they could feel like they were escaping for 15 minutes," he said.
But it turns out they were just too heavy to carry when they were escaping from the Japanese invasions, when they would have to move quickly.
There had been no weapons on the bodies, he said, and some people appeared to have been shot from behind, suggesting they were escaping.
