slave
Example Sentences
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In December 1862 the Confederacy’s president, Jefferson Davis, announced that captured black Union soldiers would be dealt with according to state laws for the punishment of slave insurrections.
Ivory Coast has done little to preserve the memory of the transatlantic slave trade.
From Barron's
In a song where vanity means being a “slave to makeup,” appearing willfully feminine might as well mean handing over your free will.
From Salon
As the chefs slave over their pots, five judges patrol the aisles with clipboards, making notes on their recipes and techniques.
From Barron's
After being controlled by the French, who brought in slaves from Madagascar and elsewhere to work coconut plantations, it was taken over by the British after the Napoleonic wars.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
