abolished

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France abolished enslaving humans more than 170 years ago, and in 2001 recognised slavery and the slave trade as "crimes against humanity".

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The sentence was commuted to life in prison last June, after Vietnam abolished the death penalty for a range of crimes.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

We’re fighting a society that wants to keep our work in the dark, to pretend that this isn’t happening, that it can be abolished by throwing people into prison.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The 13th Amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

In early 1863, the war was going badly in the North and it was not clear that the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution—which abolished slavery—would pass Congress and be ratified by the states.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling