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Recent Examples of wage slave
Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves.
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Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage slave
wage earner
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The mayor announced a plan last month to eliminate New York City income taxes for more than 400,000 of the lowest wage earners.—
Emma G. Fitzsimmons,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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For wage earners, Social Security and Medicare taxes are called FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and are taken out of your paycheck.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Wage slave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20slave. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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