Is there any point to referring to slaves as "enslaved persons"?

[handsomeharry]

@Thudlow_Boink

I can kind of see the point. Calling someone an “enslaved person” rather than a “slave” emphasizes that (1) slaves are people too, and (2) their status as a slave is something that has been imposed upon them.

On the other hand “enslaved persons” is way more cumbersome to say, plus “persons” just sounds silly.

It is totally silly. How about the “Moderating persons” on this board? Why not the OP person? Why not the ‘doctor person’? Are we trying to take away the humanity of those moderating, starting a thread, or graduating med school?