slave
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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 was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Police have said some of the returning women will be charged with "terrorism offences" such as travelling to a banned area and even "engaging in slave trading".
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Franz Joseph Haydn thought of himself as a slave at the castle of the aristocratic Esterházy family; he served as their court composer for decades while he wrote his famous works.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But a visitor to Monticello was once struck by the “unpleasant contrast” between this elegant home—a “palace,” as he called it—and the slave dwellings beside it.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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