esclavitud

slavery


Noun esclavitud f (plural esclavitudes)

  1. slavery

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Examples
  • América abolió la esclavitud en 1863.

    America did away with slavery in 1863.

  • La guerra es paz. La libertad es esclavitud. La ignorancia es fuerza.

    War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

  • El presidente abolió la esclavitud.

    The president abolished slavery.

  • Lincoln estaba en contra de la esclavitud.

    Lincoln was opposed to slavery.

  • Toda liberación conlleva el peligro de un nuevo tipo de esclavitud.

    Every liberation bears within itself the danger of a new kind of servitude.

  • La pobreza no es un accidente. Como la esclavitud y el apartheid, es un producto del hombre y puede ser erradicado por las acciones de los seres humanos.

    Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.

  • Nadie estará sometido a esclavitud ni a servidumbre, la esclavitud y la trata de esclavos están prohibidas en todas sus formas.

    No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

  • La abolición de la esclavitud en Europa se extendió finalmente al continente americano.

    The abolition of slavery in Europe eventually reached the American continent.

  • Nació justo en la generación siguiente al fin de la esclavitud. Una época en la que no había coches en las carreteras ni aviones en el cielo, en la que alguien como ella no podía votar por dos razones: por ser mujer y debido al color de su piel.

    She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.

  • Tom huyó de la esclavitud escapando a Canadá.

    Tom fled slavery by escaping to Canada.

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