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Collocations for slavery - noun

ADJECTIVE

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)
modern, modern-day
economic, wage
sex, sexual
The women were sold into sexual slavery.
virtual
Poverty forces children into virtual slavery.

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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
escape

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slavery + NOUN

reparations
The Senate candidate now supports slavery reparations.
issue, question
ring
The organization has helped to expose human slavery rings.

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PREPOSITION

in slavery
They were living in slavery and poverty.
under slavery
conditions for children under slavery

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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.

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