Sentences with phrase «escaped slaves during»

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«The technique of jerking was originated by the Maroons, Jamaican slaves who escaped from the British during the invasion of 1655 and hid in the maze of jungles and limestone sinkholes known as the Cockpit Country.

The technique of jerking was originated by the Maroons, Jamaican slaves that escaped from the British during the invasion of 1655 and hid in the maze of jungles and limestone sinkholes known as the Cockpit Country.

The specific epithet «quilombola» used for the species» name refers to the people who inhabited these communities — slaves who dared to escape during colonial times and find a refuge in the depths of the Atlantic Forest.

I found it fascinating how strong your ancestors» bonds were even during slavery, with an escaped slave being willing to risk his freedom to rescue relatives.

During the changeover of power, large bands of slaves escaped.

The letters that follow are filled with the stories of Wang's previous lives — from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from Genghis Khan, to living as a fisherman during the Opium Wars, and being a teenager on the Red Guard during the cultural revolution — bound to his mysterious «soulmate,» spanning one thousand years of betrayal and intrigue.