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
According to her grandchildren, Molly was sentenced in England to indentured servitude in the colonies after she was accused of stealing a bucket of milk that spilled when a cow kicked it over.
From Washington Post
Several months before the Nov. 8 election, lawmakers killed a proposal that would have asked voters to eliminate an exception in the state Constitution that allows for involuntary servitude for criminal punishment.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s the new child labor. You’re taking children from another country and putting them in almost indentured servitude.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
