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slavery

noun as in condition of being enslaved

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That controversial design invoked slavery to some citizens, and it was quickly replaced.

A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.

But could slavery ever be defeated without force?

Part of the far right’s appeal is to say: “If they lied to you about climate change and Covid, how do you know they’re not lying to you about the Holocaust and slavery?”

The Supreme Court’s 1857 Dred Scott decision effectively removed all territorial restrictions on slavery.

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

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