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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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The 1850 version mandated that the federal government actively help slave catchers track and apprehend people who’d escaped slavery.—
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It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.—
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16 Sep. 2025
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“Thralldom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thralldom. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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