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Common collocations with slavery in British Collocation

slavery noun uncountable

UK /ˈsleɪvəri/

fight slavery

campaign against
combat
condemn
fight
fight against
oppose

Her father, Lord Grey, opposed slavery.

end slavery

abolish
ban
end
outlaw
prohibit

Slavery was abolished there in 1863.

escape slavery

escape
escape from

Tulun converted to Islam in order to escape slavery.

support slavery

accept
defend
justify

The Atlantic powers had to justify slavery and colonialism.

when someone is made a slave

force into
sell into

They were transported and sold into slavery in the New world.

abolition
ending
prohibition

The emancipation of women and the abolition of slavery are examples for how the attitudes of society have changed.