1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person
a child born into slavery
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2
as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work
endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life
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Recent Examples of slavery
In 2012, Quentin Tarantino made Django Unchained, a revenge-fantasy Western about slavery that raked in $426 million and became his highest-grossing film.
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Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The changes, first reported by The Washington Post, included removing Tubman’s photo and softening language about slavery.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
African American Union regiments, which consisted mostly of men who had escaped slavery, felt their patriotic sacrifices had earned them the full rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Tubman’s photo was replaced with a series of commemorative postal stamps of those who escaped or helped others to escape slavery, including Tubman’s stamp.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The changes, first reported by The Washington Post, included removing Tubman’s photo and softening language about slavery.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
African American Union regiments, which consisted mostly of men who had escaped slavery, felt their patriotic sacrifices had earned them the full rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Tubman’s photo was replaced with a series of commemorative postal stamps of those who escaped or helped others to escape slavery, including Tubman’s stamp.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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Trying to manage them can feel like a daily battle, and that doesn't take into account the manual labor that goes into pulling them by hand.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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The day continues with tending the land, caring for the animals, milking the sheep and goats and preparing the food and goods from our labor.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2025
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Wilson responded, first disagreeing with Lackey’s assessment of the association between involuntary servitude in prisons and slavery.—
Jenavieve Hatch,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Broken shackles lie underneath the statue’s drapery, to symbolize the end of all types of servitude and oppression.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Trump has argued otherwise saying in his order that rather than fostering unity, ''the widespread effort to rewrite history deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame, disregarding the progress America has made.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments in a high-profile dispute over efforts in Oklahoma to create an online Catholic charter school, a case that could open the door to public dollars flowing directly to religious schools.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The court declared that this man was free and could not be held in bondage.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Reverend Back says Easter is the oldest of Christian celebrations, Jesus’s tradition of Passover, according to Hebrews — from bondage into freedom and for Christians — from death into life.—
Gina Grillo,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Fides’s tech spares us humans the drudgery of tracking deadlines, sourcing regulatory data, and creating legal documents.—
Moya Johnson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Excel, a program that does complex math on a human’s behalf, is often associated, rightly, with corporate drudgery.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Billy is often seen bobbing, pacing and swaying — all signs of brain damage caused by years of captivity, the organization said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The hostages have been in the captivity of militants in Gaza for more than 18 months.—
Natan Odenheimer,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The precise planting also reduces water loss to make your garden more efficient and productive with less toil and cost.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Apr. 2025
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Others are brilliant master watchmakers who long toil for other brands and one day strike out on their own to prove their mettle.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Details include smooth gold hardware, western yoke accents and floral embroidery.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Apr. 2025
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From its Western yoke stitching to its pearl snaps, every little detail in this shirt was designed for a fashionable look that doesn’t stand out too much for daily wear.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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