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Word: slaveringly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...recaptured for some time. Sent to Virginia, he worked in the forests and fields oi the new country in a capacity only nominally above that of the African slaves, his coworkers. Again he escaped to a ship in Norfolk Harbor, which proved unfortunately to be herself a slaver. The captain, happily, was his kinsman. Thus, David Scott rose to be a captain in the slave trade, rum and the force of habit hardening him to his task. Little by little he is brought in the end to see the light and realize the iniquitous character of his way of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slave Trade | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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