Translation for "étaient esclaves" to english

Étaient esclaves

• were slaves

Translation examples

were slaves

Je pense qu'ils étaient esclaves.
I think they were slaves.

Je crois qu'ils pleuraient parce qu'ils étaient esclaves et enterrés vifs.
I'm thinkin' they were cryin' because they were slaves and they're being buried alive.

Je pense que les nègres sont les meilleurs des peuples qui étaient esclaves.
I think like niggers are the best of the people that were slaves.

Ils étaient esclaves, il paraît.
They were slaves, I hear.