- slavery
- nounADJECTIVE▪ chattel▪
the system of chattel slavery
▪ plantation▪ domestic▪Their stated aim was to free women from domestic slavery.
▪ child, human▪ racial▪ antebellum (= before the American Civil War) (esp. AmE)▪ modern, modern-day▪ economic, wage▪ sex, sexual▪The women were sold into sexual slavery.
▪ virtual▪Poverty forces children into virtual slavery.
VERB + SLAVERY▪ establish, introduce▪Chios is said to have introduced slavery into Greece.
▪ abolish, ban, end, outlaw, prohibit▪The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.
▪ condone, defend, justify, support▪ condemn, denounce, oppose▪ sell sb into▪ free sb from▪ be born into▪ escapeSLAVERY + NOUN▪ reparations▪The Senate candidate now supports slavery reparations.
▪ issue, question▪ ring▪The organization has helped to expose human slavery rings.
PREPOSITION▪ in slavery▪They were living in slavery and poverty.
▪ under slavery▪conditions for children under slavery
PHRASES▪ the abolition of slavery, the end of slavery▪ the institution of slavery▪ the legacy of slavery▪Although it ended in 1865, the legacy of slavery still remains.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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