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 quotes cite slavery as the cause.
    — Karin Brulliard, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2026
  • These cultures date back to the slavery days.
    — Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • How those fleeing slavery found new lives in the North.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • New ideals led to the end of slavery in some Northern states.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • The chef explains what slavery has to do with this during the meal.
    — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This city tried hard to purge its landscape of reminders of slavery.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • But they were focused on the form, and not the substance of slavery.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The case became a flashpoint in the fight over slavery.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
  • All of the progress that had been made since the abolition of slavery was wiped out.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Too much emphasis on how bad slavery was.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • 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
  • Twenty-one sailors were chained, stripped and sold into slavery.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Some of these laws include the use of slavery as punishment for a crime.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Even Juneteenth did not mark the end of slavery in every state.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • The Spaniards marched them to Taos, where they were sold into slavery.
    — Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
  • At the time the book was set, slavery was legal in many Southern states.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
  • The film is part slavery-era drama, part survival thriller, part war epic—and all confused.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The text messages contained jokes about gas chambers, slavery, and rape.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
  • He was born into slavery in 1793.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
  • At her feet lay a broken shackle and chains to symbolize the end of slavery.
    — Reece Jones, CNN, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Comparing a safe way to have a family to slavery is not it.
    — Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • Our churches came into existence when slavery was the law of the land.
    — Esau McCaulley, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • He was born in southern Utah and insists the name has nothing to do with slavery.
    — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
  • This has been ingrained in our culture, dating back to the time of slavery in this country.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Tears flowed as village leaders and guides told of the painful history of slavery.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Some believe slavery is the reason sweet potato pie didn’t take off in the North.
    — Sophie Bates, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
  • When slavery ended, the coconut farms paid scant wages to the workers and their children.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026

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