Deb, it's just the verb meaning to make a slave.
Here's what you'll find if you look it up at
http://www.yourdictionary.com:
en新lave
(click to hear the word) (n-slv)
tr.v. en新laved, en新lav搏ng, en新laves
To make into or as if into a slave.
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en新lavement n.
en新laver n.
--- Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been visiting other historic sites as of late
> and have noticed the use of
> the word "enslaved African-Americans" instead of
> just "slaves". Is this some
> new PC thing going on? How does using the words
> "enslaved" differ from
> "slaves". In addition, if the slaves were recently
> arrived from Africa, aren't
> they technically just "African" and not really
> American yet?
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