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
My own book details the consequential events at a place called Fort Monroe in Virginia that led directly to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the end of American slavery.
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Allen maintains that the hypocrisy of Thomas Jefferson and his brother revolutionaries regarding slavery does not negate the enduring wisdom of their words.
—Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
At the same time, textbooks and museums slowly but surely are eliminating or whitewashing the history of slavery.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026
Modern slavery reform Down Under A coalition of 100 investors, businesses, unions and advocacy groups is calling for major reforms to Australia’s Modern Slavery Act, arguing that current laws are insufficient to combat exploitation in corporate supply chains.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Allen maintains that the hypocrisy of Thomas Jefferson and his brother revolutionaries regarding slavery does not negate the enduring wisdom of their words.
—Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
At the same time, textbooks and museums slowly but surely are eliminating or whitewashing the history of slavery.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026
Modern slavery reform Down Under A coalition of 100 investors, businesses, unions and advocacy groups is calling for major reforms to Australia’s Modern Slavery Act, arguing that current laws are insufficient to combat exploitation in corporate supply chains.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavery
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Along with Jim Crow laws that criminalized Blackness, the loophole allowed for the legal re-enslavement of Black Americans to financially benefit the state.—
Julia Bowling,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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There are acid critiques of settler colonialism alongside tributes to the majesty of the American landscape, sober revisitations of enslavement alongside hopeful pleas for liberation, bitter denouncements of intervention in wars abroad alongside quaint homages to homespun Americanness.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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So much of it comes down to economics, to not being freed from unethical labor practices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Several other unions also filed unfair labor practices over the unilateral nature of the policy change, which was originally set to be implemented on July 1, 2025.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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On the other hand, the court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims that withholding privileges or credits constituted involuntary servitude.—
Julia Bowling,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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In 2022, an eighty-year-old Pakistani American woman, Zahida Aman, and two of her sons were found guilty of forcing a woman from Pakistan into domestic servitude at their home in Virginia.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Eco effort Lake George is widely recognized as one of the cleanest and clearest lakes in the nation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The firing is sure to trigger even more scrutiny of CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and her controversial efforts to overhaul the network news division.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Most of this sprawling show hinges on nearly 100 outfits showcased on mannequins arranged on a mock runway, the looks assembled by theme, from bondage to Baroque.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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What the restaurant represents to its supporters (and those hesitant but curious) is a shift in public interest in, and acceptance of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM).—
Victoria M. Walker,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Each chapter delves into a different bodily experience that Maglaque herself has lived, from pregnancy to desire to drudgery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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So Mittelman looks forward to the last summer before college, the one time the drudgery of high school won’t loom.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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In conservation circles, the technique is known as headstarting — raise an animal in captivity, release it in the wild.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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The critic drew a parallel to Passengers and The Stepford Wives in noting that the horror of Bear’s wish is ultimately a form of captivity that the film occasionally risks framing as a romance complication rather than a moral catastrophe.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Until then, they’re left with the tedious toil of prepping garden plots.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Westerners, Arabs and Indians dominate business and finance, while laborers from poor countries in Asia and Africa toil for long hours in scorching temperatures at oil facilities and construction sites — often with few protections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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“Slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavery. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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