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Meanings of slavery in English

Russian
рабство
Portuguese
escravidão
Spanish
esclavitud
Catalan
esclavitud
Wikidata

System under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work.

Related terms
рабство
Portuguese
escravidão
Catalan
esclavatge

The state of being under the control of another person.

escravidão
Portuguese
escravidão
Catalan
esclavitud

The practice of keeping slaves.

escravidão
Synonyms
Examples for "slaveholding"
Examples for "slaveholding"
1
A similar transformation is what slaveholding castes ultimately intend for their slaves.
The new yorker
2
The standard of human relationships has improved since slaveholding days in America.
The Mistakes of Jesus
3
The including of direct taxes was a concession to the slaveholding states.
Studies in Civics
4
The condition of the slaveholding States at this period was most prosperous.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
5
There was a large element from the slaveholding States among the students.
My Memories of Eighty Years
Usage of slavery in English
1
Swan said New Zealand was not immune to cases of modern slavery.
Radio NZ
2
In the 1820's slavery in New York State had long been abolished.
The new yorker
3
The second revolution was the civil war and the abolition of slavery.
Jamaica Observer
4
Yoon says the situation echoes the sex-slavery system of the Japanese army.
Feminist dot com
5
Of course I knew about slavery but mostly in a general context.
Ebony
6
A most violent debate ensued in Congress, reopening afresh the slavery question.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
7
Rights groups call this a form of slavery known as debt bondage.
Reuters
8
Let's go back to our lead story on slavery and human trafficking.
Radio NZ
9
The change in the attitude toward slavery was manifest in various ways.
The Negro
10
Lincoln led a war effort which resulted in the abolition of slavery.
The Guardian
11
In spite of its limitations, it was the actual abolition of slavery.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843
12
The second unique factor in American slavery was the growth of individualism.
The Black Experience in America
13
The stain of slavery exists in the First of the Blacks himself.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
14
I have seen slavery; own slaves: there is nothing monstrous in it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 / A Magaz...
15
It's obvious that the slavery references were intended to reach African Americans.
Ebony
16
Millions of Africans are subjected to slavery but many more are free.
Island beneath the sea
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Translations for slavery
Portuguese
escravidãojugo
Spanish
esclavitud
Slavery through the time
Slavery across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
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