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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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Spain brought the crop to the island in the 1500s and set up massive plantations manned by slaves.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026 -
My maternal grandfather, Frederick Douglas Fisher—both of his parents were slaves.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Thralls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thralls. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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