as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South
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The fire that broke out as a result separated the two, allowing Tenax to escape but condemning Ursus to a life of hard servitude for the Empire.
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Not in servitude and not in a defensiveness — just experiencing freedom and joy together.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
To Simone, child servitude is an evil so plain even CNN can condemn it.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
The state's constitution was changed in the 1970s to remove the exemption for slavery, but the involuntary servitude exception is still included.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Not in servitude and not in a defensiveness — just experiencing freedom and joy together.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
To Simone, child servitude is an evil so plain even CNN can condemn it.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
The state's constitution was changed in the 1970s to remove the exemption for slavery, but the involuntary servitude exception is still included.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Servitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servitude. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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