servitude
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"Normally in an employment tribunal, the worker has been dismissed, they have no income, they have nothing to live on, and a delay of five years is effectively economic servitude for that person."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Critics of conscription argued that forcing individuals into military service under threat of imprisonment was a clear example of involuntary servitude.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
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
Thus it was that one man wanted ownership of land and at the same time wanted servitude because someone had to work it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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