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or thraldom
as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
having known only thralldom, the people rejoiced in their newfound freedom
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slavery
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Florida’s Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday that the state would end all vaccine mandates, likening them to slavery.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
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What was meant to be a reflective, thought-provoking discussion on slavery and human resilience was flattened into copy-paste commentary.—
Ashanty Rosario,
The Atlantic,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Thralldom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thralldom. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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