slavery

slavery
noun
ADJECTIVE
chattel

the system of chattel slavery

plantation
domestic

Their stated aim was to free women from domestic slavery.

child, human
racial
antebellum (= before the American Civil War) (esp. AmE)
modern, modern-day
economic, wage
sex, sexual

The women were sold into sexual slavery.

virtual

Poverty forces children into virtual slavery.

VERB + SLAVERY
establish, introduce

Chios is said to have introduced slavery into Greece.

abolish, ban, end, outlaw, prohibit

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.

condone, defend, justify, support
condemn, denounce, oppose
sell sb into
free sb from
be born into
escape
SLAVERY + NOUN
reparations

The Senate candidate now supports slavery reparations.

issue, question
ring

The organization has helped to expose human slavery rings.

PREPOSITION
in slavery

They were living in slavery and poverty.

under slavery

conditions for children under slavery

PHRASES
the abolition of slavery, the end of slavery
the institution of slavery
the legacy of slavery

Although it ended in 1865, the legacy of slavery still remains.


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