: the state of a person who is held in forced servitude
c
: a situation or practice in which people are entrapped (as by debt) and exploited
… the unit has freed more than 26,000 workers nationwide from debt slavery. Under the practice, common in the Amazon, poor laborers are lured to remote spots where they rack up debts to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation. Vivian Sequera
Many members of my own family, including my mother and father, fled their work as sharecroppers in the South. They left for good reason: the profession offered no future and was little more than wage slavery. Will Allen
Frederick Douglass was central advocate for the abolition of slavery. My dad put up with the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life.
Recent Examples on the WebAhead of a trip by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Caribbean and Central America in March of this year to celebrate the queen, some Jamaican leaders demanded slavery reparations and local opposition in Belize forced them to cancel a trip. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2022 Community meetings are continuing over the possibility of renaming the Sully District, represented by Supervisor Kathy Smith (D), which was named after a former slavery plantation. Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Such beliefs may stem from the myth of the pathologically dysfunctional Black family that has persisted since the era of U.S. slavery. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022 The United States, which is a UNESCO member country, commemorates slavery remembrance day on August 20th. Melissa Noel, Essence, 23 Aug. 2022 The main reason pork became a dominant protein in African American cuisine is slavery. Adrian Miller, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where the authorities are building a new slavery museum.New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Daniel Webster, who voted for a compromise with slavery repugnant to his Massachusetts constituents, resigned his Senate seat and became secretary of state. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLAVERY | SLAVERY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤chattel動產奴隸制◇the system of chattel slavery動產奴隸制體系➤plantation種植園奴隸體制▸➤domestic家庭奴役◇Their stated aim was to free women from domestic slavery.他們宣稱的目標是把女性從家庭奴役下解放出來。➤child, human兒童/人類奴役➤racial種族奴役➤antebellum (= before the American Civil War) (especially NAmE) 美國內戰前的奴隸制➤modern, modern-day現代奴隸制➤economic, wage經濟/工資奴役➤sex, sexual性奴役◇The women were sold into sexual slavery.這些婦女被賣作性奴。➤virtual實際上的奴役◇Poverty forces children into virtual slavery.貧窮迫使孩子們過着奴隸般的生活。VERB + SLAVERY➤establish, introduce建立/引進奴隸制◇Chios is said to have introduced slavery into Greece.據說是希俄斯把奴隸制引入希臘的。➤abolish, ban, end, outlaw, prohibit廢除奴隸制;取締奴隸制;結束奴隸制;宣佈奴隸制不合法;禁止奴隸制◇The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.1865 年第 13 條修正案廢除了奴隸制。➤condone, defend, justify, support縱容奴隸制;捍衞奴隸制;為奴隸制辯護;支持奴隸制➤condemn, denounce, oppose譴責/抨擊/反對奴隸制▸➤sell sb into把某人賣作奴隸▸➤free sb from解除某人奴隸身分▸➤be born into生為奴隸➤escape逃離奴役SLAVERY + NOUN➤reparations奴隸制賠償◇The Senate candidate now supports slavery reparations.如今參議院候選人支持奴隸制賠償。➤issue, question奴隸制問題➤ring奴役團夥◇The organization has helped to expose human slavery rings.該組織促使人口奴役團夥得以曝光。PREPOSITION➤in slavery在奴役中◇They were living in slavery and poverty.他們遭受奴役,生活貧困。➤under slavery在奴隸制下◇conditions for children under slavery奴隸制下兒童的生活狀況PHRASES➤the abolition of slavery, the end of slavery奴隸制的廢除/終結➤the institution of slavery奴隸制度▸➤the legacy of slavery奴隸制的遺留問題◇Although it ended in 1865, the legacy of slavery still remains.儘管奴隸制於 1865 年已廢除,其遺留問題仍然存在。