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
• 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
• Passover is a spring holiday that celebrates the brightness that follows the dark days of slavery.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Born into slavery in the late 1700s to a Black mother and a white slaveholder, Beckwourth moved to St. Louis with his father — who freed him as an adult.
  — Tiffany Walden, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2023
• At the age of 4, he was taken from his mother when his parents divorced and forced into slavery on a cacao farm.
  — Kirk Feller, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
• Those opposed to reparations say countries should not be held responsible for historical wrongs, while those in support say the legacy of slavery has led to vast and persistent racial inequality.
  — Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024