tot slaaf gemaakte

Dutch

Noun

tot slaaf gemaakte m or f (plural tot slaaf gemaakten)

  1. an enslaved person; a person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
    • 2021 February 3, Toef Jaeger, “De boei van Menig [Menig's shackle]”, in NRC Handelsblad‎, retrieved 19 March 2021:
      Zijn voorouders hadden op de plantage Overtoom aan de rivier de Para in Suriname gewerkt. Toen de slavernij in 1863 werd afgeschaft, werkten er nog 193 tot slaaf gemaakten.
      His ancestors worked at the Overtoom plantation on the Para river in Suriname. By the time slavery was abolished in 1863, 193 enslaved people were still working there.

Usage notes

Used by speakers who consider the word slaaf ("slave") dehumanizing or offensive.

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