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Type Words
Synonyms slaveholding
Type of practice, pattern
Type Words
Synonyms bondage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom
Type of subjugation, subjection
Has types vassalage, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, bonded labor
Type Words
Type of labor, toil, labour
Derivation slave

Examples of slavery

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In this sense, abortion and American chattel slavery could not be more opposite.
From the theatlantic.com
Federal investigators have likened abuses of farm workers to modern-day slavery.
From the online.wsj.com
Marx knew, well before hostilities broke out, that the crisis was about slavery.
From the guardian.co.uk
New is a 45-minute tour detailing Magnolia's transition from slavery to freedom.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In 1865 Southern USA farmers said they needed slavery to maintain their economy.
From the dailymercury.com.au
He studied in a monastery in Gaul after he escaped from slavery six years later.
From the nzcatholic.org.nz
Whatever the truth, Miami University dismissed him for his anti-slavery beliefs.
From the cnn.com
We came to the United States from Ireland long after slavery had been abolished.
From the cnn.com
Here sits the home of Dr. Nathan Thomas, a Quaker who fervently opposed slavery.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • Bondage: the state of being under the control of another person
  • The practice of owning slaves
  • Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
  • (slave) work very hard, like a slave
  • (slave) a person who is owned by someone
  • Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand wages. In some societies it was legal for an owner to kill a slave. ...
  • Slavery was an important part of Ottoman society until the Ottoman Empire forbade the slavery of Caucasians (including Georgians, Armenians, and Circassians) in the early 19th century. ...
  • (Slave (album)) Slave is the first album recorded by Casey Chaos under the name AMEN and was limited to 2000 copies upon its initial release, but it has now been re-released on Amen's brand new online Refuse Musick store. In 2005, the album was re-released with bonus tracks.
  • (Slave (band)) Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter Steve Washington and Mark Hicks (Drac) formed the group in Dayton, Ohio in 1975.