servitude

Example Sentences

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Sara suddenly found herself unwillingly living a life of servitude.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

“RICO is a very rigid and difficult law to satisfy,” said Mitchell Epner, a former assistant US Attorney in New Jersey who worked on numerous sex trafficking and involuntary servitude cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Octavia Butler's fictional president, elected in November 2024, brings back indentured servitude and suspends all regulations.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

Molly has decided to think of this job as indentured servitude: each hour she works is another hour closer to freedom.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline