slaving

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The UK, which was one of the major slaving nations before going on to lead the fight to abolish the trade, has also repeatedly ruled out paying reparations.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Hergé, the illustrator and writer of Tintin and another of my great heroes, once drew a picture of himself slaving at the desk, with Tintin holding a whip over him showing a sort of disdain.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

Readers looking to better understand American complicity in trans-Atlantic slaving before the Civil War should consult John Harris’s “The Last Slave Ships,” plural.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022

“It’s about time; they’ve been slaving and grinding so hard and not being able to reap those benefits,” De La Haye said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

While the other girls grumbled that their piece rates had dropped so that it had hardly been worth slaving through the summer heat, she kept her silence.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson