Definitions
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- noun A
region orrealm where slavery exists. - noun The condition or state of being a
slave ;slavery . - noun
Enslavement ;bondage .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's an artistic revolution against the media, the corruption of arts and the control and slavedom of people.
Florida keys: Filmmakers say they placed piano on Miami sandbar 2011
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And full respect on making the decision to skip slavedom and go for the writing full-time.
To Read Hal Duncan 2006
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England should ever form a part of slavedom, slavery would be extended there, and slaves could be bought and sold in London.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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As I write, every fresh thunder of war and crash of victory is followed by murmurs of amazement at the enthusiastic receptions which the Union forces meet in most unexpected strongholds of the enemy, in the very heart of slavedom.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Hitherto my ragged shirt, my rough leathern jerkin and open-kneed sailor's breeches had been a constant reminder of the poor, desperate rogue I had become, my wild hair and shaggy beard evidences of slavedom.
Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Her eyes were dull, her heart burned out, her hands gnarled with toil under the slavedom of a beast.
The Country Beyond James Oliver Curwood 1903
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Destiny, in one of her most cruel and sarcastic jokes, had first elevated from the most degraded slavedom to more than imperial power, and then suddenly, as in a moment, had flung away her plaything, with utter scorn, to grinning infamy.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895
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My mother was, unfortunately, numbered in the family of slavedom, belonging to one Mrs. Hannah Woodland, and according to the institution of slave law, I legally, or illegally, became her property.
Life of Isaac Mason as a slave, b. 1822 1893
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If the preacher does not preach sound patriarchal doctrine he is either hunted out of slavedom or lynched within it.
Tupelo John Hill 1862
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He can only promise so much before it becomes obvious he intends slavedom for the American population to his puppet masters.
MetaFilter Projects 2008
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