6 sentences with 'freed'
Example sentences and phrases with the word freed and other words derived from it.
• « As noted in the last chapter, one of the events that lost the Peloponnesian War for Athens was the fact that 20,000 of its publicly owned slaves were freed by the Spartans from the horrible conditions in the silver mines of Athens. »
• « Even freed slaves, called freedmen, had limited legal rights and had formal obligations to serve their former masters as clients. »
• « Inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, Frederick II freed serfs from royal lands and banned the most onerous feudal duties of serfs from their nobles. »
• « In 1861, after Russia's defeat, Tsar Alexander II made the momentous decision to emancipate the serfs, two years before the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States freed African-American slaves. »
• « By 1918, it was clear to the German command that they were in danger of losing, despite the military resources freed up when the Bolshevik Revolution ended Russia's commitment to the war. »
• « In 1515, Las Casas freed his native slaves, renounced his encomienda and began to advocate humane treatment of the native peoples. »