servitude
Example Sentences
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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.
The way she sees it, she’s earned her sabbatical from domestic servitude.
From Salon
That also means that very soon Father will be freed from his servitude.
From Literature
Six seasons of TV and three feature films depict servitude as a benevolent state, sometimes verging on jolly.
From Salon
In 1870, the 15th Amendment prohibited the states from denying or abridging the right of citizens to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
