How to Use slavery in a Sentence

slavery

noun

• My dad put up with the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life.
• Frederick Douglass was central advocate for the abolition of slavery.
• The school is one of hundreds around the world to confront the role of slavery in its past.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The chef explains what slavery has to do with this during the meal.
  — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• Think of wealth that can be traced back to transatlantic slavery.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
• Thank God for the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Oct. 2022
• This city tried hard to purge its landscape of reminders of slavery.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• In Exodus, God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to a land of milk and honey.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• The course starts with the origins of the African diaspora and sweeps through the epochs of slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• Many of them were enslavers, although some were the first in the world to legally abolish African slavery.
  — Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
• The narrative of William Wells Brown tells the story of his escape from slavery.
  — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
• This has been ingrained in our culture, dating back to the time of slavery in this country.
  — Omer Awan, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Along with that, of course, comes the ideology of bringing slavery along with it.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• Many of the Black families that make up the Shiloh community have owned their land since the end of slavery.
  — Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• For Isaacs, every dish tells a story that traces its origin to the days of slavery and that speaks to the strength of the community.
  — Griffin Shea, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• The film is part slavery-era drama, part survival thriller, part war epic—and all confused.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
• Trevelyan went to her editor at the BBC and asked to report a piece on her family and the painful legacy of slavery.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• Schott came up with the idea to rid the state constitution of the slavery exemption, and the others rallied around it.
  — Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
• Supporters say forced labor in prison is a form of slavery.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• A lot of my work has always been inspired by the quest for freedom through, during, and after slavery in the United States.
  — Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
• The history of slavery and its effects on the Black family.
  — Colman Domingo, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
• Soon after, he was freed from slavery and became an accomplished artist in his own right in Madrid.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
• The history of the Bray School and the stories of the children who were students there is a window into their lives beyond slavery.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
• Many no doubt had elders who could give them firsthand accounts of slavery.
  — Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
• As such, the film depicts the harrowing truths of the way that caste systems are upheld, from slavery to lynching to genocide.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• Nikki Haley’s failure to mention slavery as a cause of the conflict.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• The pressure to count by race used to come from forces in favor of slavery and discrimination.
  — Larry P. Arnn, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022
• Trump has suggested that schools that teach the history and legacy of slavery could be defunded.
  — Nico Lang, Them, 6 Nov. 2024
• Few media outlets on either side of the political spectrum take the time to explain the extent to which race and slavery contributed to the creation of the Electoral College.
  — Doug Melville, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024