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slaves

noun as in person who serves, often under duress

verb as in work very hard

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In the large cities the urbanized working class were slaves to a plutocracy.

“I like decorating my slaves,” she said, referencing the rope, her thin, crimson-coated lips peeling off her front teeth.

Along the Prado they used to sell slaves on the auction block, too.

Another 10 slaves threw themselves overboard in a display of defiance at the inhumanity.

Question 16: Can two sisters be taken together while taking slaves?

Think of this, ye who talk, not always without reason, of "factory slaves" and the meagre rewards of labor in America.

There is also one curate who has charge of the Indian natives of this city and the slaves and freedmen living within the city.

Although the number of slaves in the Brazils is very great, there is nowhere such a thing as a slave-market.

Whereupon Mr. Pitt, springing up, desired to know when they were made slaves.

I do not at all overstate the fact, when I say, that 50,000 slaves are annually landed in Cuba.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slaves, such as: laborer, servant, worker, serf, captive, and victim.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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