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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.

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His appeal to latter-day fascists is limited, given that the early success of his regime led only to servitude and then total catastrophe.

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Six seasons of TV and three feature films depict servitude as a benevolent state, sometimes verging on jolly.

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In 1870, the 15th Amendment prohibited the states from denying or abridging the right of citizens to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

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

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