erstwhile
 adjective
 antigo
EN Sometimes freed slaves were "adopted," which eased their plight by sparing them the struggle with a world for which they were unprepared, but kept them in their erstwhile menial jobs and perpetuated the apparent (and sometimes genuine) affectionate relations with the "masters in the big house".
GL A "adopción" de escravos liberados, aínda que por un lado resolveu a situación do liberto non preparado para enfrontarse ó mundo, traduciuse tamén no mantemento do antigo réxime de traballo e perpetuou as aparentes (e ás veces ver Casa Grande" e os escravos que os servían.
 Fonte: C05 (182)
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