How to Use slavery in a Sentence

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  • My dad put up with the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life.
  • Frederick Douglass was central advocate for the abolition of slavery.
  • The school is one of hundreds around the world to confront the role of slavery in its past.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The chef explains what slavery has to do with this during the meal.
    — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Think of wealth that can be traced back to transatlantic slavery.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • Thank God for the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Oct. 2022
  • This city tried hard to purge its landscape of reminders of slavery.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Some of these laws include the use of slavery as punishment for a crime.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • In Exodus, God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to a land of milk and honey.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • The course starts with the origins of the African diaspora and sweeps through the epochs of slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Many of them were enslavers, although some were the first in the world to legally abolish African slavery.
    — Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • The narrative of William Wells Brown tells the story of his escape from slavery.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • This has been ingrained in our culture, dating back to the time of slavery in this country.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Along with that, of course, comes the ideology of bringing slavery along with it.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • Many of the Black families that make up the Shiloh community have owned their land since the end of slavery.
    — Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • For Isaacs, every dish tells a story that traces its origin to the days of slavery and that speaks to the strength of the community.
    — Griffin Shea, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The film is part slavery-era drama, part survival thriller, part war epic—and all confused.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Guides were reluctant to say anything about the role of slaves and slavery at the plantation, even when asked.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2022
  • The prison was notoriously harsh, even to the point of conjuring the days of slavery.
    — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Trevelyan went to her editor at the BBC and asked to report a piece on her family and the painful legacy of slavery.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Britain has often claimed that this money went toward the abolition of slavery and the slave trade.
    — Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • Schott came up with the idea to rid the state constitution of the slavery exemption, and the others rallied around it.
    — Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Supporters say forced labor in prison is a form of slavery.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The act had been crafted in the hope of quelling emerging regional conflicts over slavery.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • A lot of my work has always been inspired by the quest for freedom through, during, and after slavery in the United States.
    — Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The history of slavery and its effects on the Black family.
    — Colman Domingo, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Soon after, he was freed from slavery and became an accomplished artist in his own right in Madrid.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But studying realities like slavery, apartheid, redlining, and racial covenants has taught me that isn't the case for me as a Black American male.
    — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Hurston’s novel is therefore usually read as an allegory of Emancipation, the flight from Egypt as an escape from the bondage of slavery.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025

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