All American music basically comes from oppressed people and slaves.

Perhaps there was a way he could regain his family ship from both slaves and pirates.

The original endowment included $16 raised in pennies from former slaves.

Evidence from slaves is rarely viable in a court of law.

He would have learned a variety of skills from his mother and fellow slaves.

While growing up, he learned to play the banjo from slaves on his father's plantation.

It was from other slaves that I learned the gossip of the city.

To be descended from slaves was just as bad.

Literacy also increased significantly during this period, as schools were set up for students descended from African slaves.

They formed a social category distinct from both whites and slaves.