slave
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The Moneyist: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
France abolished enslaving humans more than 170 years ago, and in 2001 recognised slavery and the slave trade as "crimes against humanity".
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The pope in “Magnifica Humanitas” also asks for “pardon”—from whom it’s unclear—for the church’s complicity in the slave trade and other forms of exploitation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The federal government was given the responsibility for putting down rebellions, which in practice meant crushing slave uprisings and resistance.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
I think what he is saying is that he’s wanting to protect the rights of every one of us, slave and nonslave alike, to the pursuit of happiness.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing slave
"Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"
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Workshop 4, Part 1
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 4–8
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