How to use "slaves" in a sentence

This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law

To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up", their oaths are unanimous

The foreign slave trade, now imperfectly suppressed, would be ultimately revived, without restriction, in one section, while fugitive slaves, now only partially surrendered, would not be surrendered at all by the other.

One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it

These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest

She also knew that she had to help other slaves to find freedom.

At this time, there were slaves in the south of the USA, but not in the north

She went back to the south and helped to free other slaves

She often spoke about the freedom of the slaves and women's rights

She started schools for free slaves because she knew that education was important