Example sentences for: slavery

How can you use “slavery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "President Clinton has apologized for slavery.

  • Among stories the Times writer said Helprin fabricated in his presence , even after making that admission: that his mother was sold into slavery; how when he was a teenager he was attacked by a Pakistani immigrant to Jamaica and received 60 stitches without anesthesia.

  • All state power is obligated both to protect and respect autonomy, by eliminating slavery and involuntary servitude.

  • Influenced by the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim's research showing that the Nazi concentration camps "infantilized" their inmates, Elkins argued that the "closed system" of slavery was so cruel and all-encompassing that none but the most stouthearted could survive without their wills being broken or their psyches damaged.

  • A welfare recipient compared New York's workfare program to "slavery" and protested that it was "demeaning" to clean toilets.


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