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The child who has lost a father has still the protection of friends, and of the law; he is something, and can do something, – has acknowledged rights and position; the slave has none.
Après la mort d’un père il reste encore à l’enfant des amis et l’appui de la loi. Il est quelqu’un; il peut faire quelque chose; – il a des droits et une position reconnue: pour l’esclave, rien de pareil. –
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
This new Christianity, which has a very pagan air, absolutely rejects biblical morality, which it considers " slave - morality," according to Nietzsche's formula.
Ce christianisme nouveau, aux allures très païennes, a entièrement rejeté la morale biblique jugée, suivant la formule de Nietzsche, « une morale d'esclave ».
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
The first desire of the emancipated slave, generally, is for education.
La première aspiration de l’esclave émancipé est pour l’éducation.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
A slave has his pride and will only serve the greatest despots. I confess I was humiliated at the degradation of one before whom I trembled as the power that ruled my love.
L’esclave a sa vanité, il ne veut obéir qu’au plus grand des despotes; je me sentais comme humilié de voir l’abaissement de celui qui me faisait trembler en dominant tout mon amour.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
"He is a large slave-owner, I believe," said Madame de Thoux, with a manner which seemed to betray more interest than she was exactly willing to show.
–  C’est un grand propriétaire d’esclaves, je crois, reprit madame de Thoux d’un ton qui trahissait plus d’intérêt qu’elle n’en voulait montrer.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
These are but few facts, among multitudes which might be adduced, to show the self-denial, energy, patience, and honesty, which the slave has exhibited in a state of freedom.
Il n’y a là qu’une bien petite part de la multitude d’exemples qui pourraient être produits de l’abnégation, du dévouement, de l’énergie, de la patience, de la probité que déploie l’esclave parvenu à s’affranchir.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
My mother was a slave woman, and my father had always meant to set me free; but he had not done it, and so I was set down in the list.
Ma mère était esclave, et mon père avait toujours eu l’intention de m’affranchir; mais il ne l’avait pas fait, et je fus comprise dans la liste.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
She, very happy, wished for nothing more; he, as tender and submissive as a slave, was continually at her feet.
Elle, très heureuse, ne souhaitait plus rien. Lui, d'une tendresse et d'une soumission d'esclave, restait à ses pieds.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
"No, no!" she said, almost with affright; "we should be too unhappy. I can do no more to make you happy, but while there is a breath of life in me, I will be the slave of your fancies.
– Non, non, me dit-elle presque avec effroi, nous serions trop malheureux, je ne puis plus servir à ton bonheur, mais tant qu'il me restera un souffle, je serai l'esclave de tes caprices.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
It is, however, the misfortune of sin, that from being our slave it becomes a tyrant; and Egerton attempted what in other countries, and where the laws ruled, might have cost him his life.
Malheureux ! ignorais-tu que dans une autre contrée, dans un pays où les lois auraient eu leur puissance, ton infâme tentative aurait pu te coûter la vie ?
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
No one but Madame de Llorentz herself had ever read the letters ; but he knew a young man who had vainly made himself her humble slave for nearly six months in the hope of being able to get a copy of them.
Personne n'avait lu les lettres. Il connaissait un jeune homme qui, pour en prendre une copie, s'était fait inutilement, pendant près de six mois, l'humble esclave de Mme de Llorentz.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He was received with great enthusiasm by the employer, who congratulated him on possessing so valuable a slave.
Il fut reçu avec enthousiasme par le fabricant, qui le félicita d’avoir un esclave d’un tel prix.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
All, however, wore the same nervous, silly smile, all swayed themselves with embarrassed timidity, the anxious mien of the bondswoman at the slave market, who fears that she may not find a purchaser.
Mais toutes avaient le même sourire niais et inquiet, le même dandinement d’embarras craintif, cette mine anxieuse de la servante, de l’esclave à la foire qui craint de ne pas trouver acquéreur.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The next day, Tom and Adolph, and some half a dozen other servants, were marched down to a slave-warehouse, to await the convenience of the trader, who was going to make up a lot for auction.
Le lendemain, Tom, Adolphe et une demi-douzaine de leurs compagnons de servitude furent conduits à un dépôt d’esclaves, afin d’y attendre la convenance du marchand qui réunissait un lot pour la vente.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
It was like the bitter anger which the superior feels towards his resisting inferior, the lord to his rebellious serf, the master to his lashed slave who has turned and struck him.
C'était cette rage furieuse qu'éprouve un supérieur contre l'inférieur qui lui résiste, un lord contre un serf, le maître contre son esclave qui se révolte sous le fouet et s'attaque à lui.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar

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galley slave
galérien
International day of remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade
Journée internationale de commémoration des victimes de l'esclavage et de la traite transatlantique des esclaves
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Journée internationale du souvenir de la traite négrière et de son abolition

Word forms

slave

verb
Basic forms
Pastslaved
Imperativeslave
Present Participle (Participle I)slaving
Past Participle (Participle II)slaved
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I slavewe slave
you slaveyou slave
he/she/it slavesthey slave
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am slavingwe are slaving
you are slavingyou are slaving
he/she/it is slavingthey are slaving
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have slavedwe have slaved
you have slavedyou have slaved
he/she/it has slavedthey have slaved
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been slavingwe have been slaving
you have been slavingyou have been slaving
he/she/it has been slavingthey have been slaving
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I slavedwe slaved
you slavedyou slaved
he/she/it slavedthey slaved
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was slavingwe were slaving
you were slavingyou were slaving
he/she/it was slavingthey were slaving
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had slavedwe had slaved
you had slavedyou had slaved
he/she/it had slavedthey had slaved
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been slavingwe had been slaving
you had been slavingyou had been slaving
he/she/it had been slavingthey had been slaving
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will slavewe shall/will slave
you will slaveyou will slave
he/she/it will slavethey will slave
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be slavingwe shall/will be slaving
you will be slavingyou will be slaving
he/she/it will be slavingthey will be slaving
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have slavedwe shall/will have slaved
you will have slavedyou will have slaved
he/she/it will have slavedthey will have slaved
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been slavingwe shall/will have been slaving
you will have been slavingyou will have been slaving
he/she/it will have been slavingthey will have been slaving
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would slavewe should/would slave
you would slaveyou would slave
he/she/it would slavethey would slave
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be slavingwe should/would be slaving
you would be slavingyou would be slaving
he/she/it would be slavingthey would be slaving
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have slavedwe should/would have slaved
you would have slavedyou would have slaved
he/she/it would have slavedthey would have slaved
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been slavingwe should/would have been slaving
you would have been slavingyou would have been slaving
he/she/it would have been slavingthey would have been slaving
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am slavedwe are slaved
you are slavedyou are slaved
he/she/it is slavedthey are slaved
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being slavedwe are being slaved
you are being slavedyou are being slaved
he/she/it is being slavedthey are being slaved
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been slavedwe have been slaved
you have been slavedyou have been slaved
he/she/it has been slavedthey have been slaved
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was slavedwe were slaved
you were slavedyou were slaved
he/she/it was slavedthey were slaved
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being slavedwe were being slaved
you were being slavedyou were being slaved
he/she/it was being slavedthey were being slaved
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been slavedwe had been slaved
you had been slavedyou had been slaved
he/she/it had been slavedthey had been slaved
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be slavedwe shall/will be slaved
you will be slavedyou will be slaved
he/she/it will be slavedthey will be slaved
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been slavedwe shall/will have been slaved
you will have been slavedyou will have been slaved
he/she/it will have been slavedthey will have been slaved

slave

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseslaveslaves
Possessive caseslave'sslaves'