servitude
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The 13th Amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Sara suddenly found herself unwillingly living a life of servitude.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
And more than the horror or the humility, or the primal fear of servitude to robot overlords, they remind me of when I was young.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
Do you know the differences between indentured servitude and g slavery?
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing servitude
13th Amendment (1865)
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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