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as in slaves
a person who is considered the property of another person
I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself
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as in slaveries
the state of being an enslaved person
a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years
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slaves
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Several years later, then-President Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Republican Party, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves living in Confederate states who were against the Union.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2026 -
People don't know that the Republicans are the party that freed the slaves.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Thralls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thralls. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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