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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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Last year, in April, the Post reported that the National Parks Service had edited dozens of web pages to soften or remove references to slavery, racial division, civil rights, the Jim Crow era, and other parts of American history.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
5 June 2026 -
Zeinab Ahmad, 31, applied for bail in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on two slavery charges.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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“Thralldom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thralldom. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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