A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.

1550s, "severe toil, hard work, drudgery;" from slave (v.) + -ery. Meaning "state of servitude" is from 1570s; meaning "keeping or holding of slaves" is from 1728.

process and condition of owning another human being or being owned by another human being.

bondage: the state of being under the control of another person the practice of owning slaves work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (slave) work very hard, like a slave (slave) a perso [..]

bondage, drudgery, Servitude

System in which people are considered property, held against their will, and forced to work. By the Civil War, slavery was fundamental to the economy, culture, and society of the South, and the slave [..]

Slavery is a condition of control over a person against their will, enforced by violence or other forms of coercion. Slavery almost always occurs for the purpose of securing the labor of the person concerned. A specific form, known as chattel slavery, implies the legal ownership of a person or persons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery

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an extreme form of human oppression whereby an individual may "own" another person and the rights to his or her labor. In the colonial Americas, a form of racial slavery evolved that would eventually distinguish only persons of African descent as "slaves."

complete control of a person by another person.

   A social practice in which a person is owned and commanded to labor for the benefit of a master. 

A slave is a person owned by someone and slavery is the state of being under the control of someone where a person is forced to work for another. A slave is considered as a property of another as the [..]

a practice based on a relationship of power and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact labour or other services from that person. Modern forms of slavery include: the sale of childr [..]

(n) the state of being under the control of another person(n) the practice of owning slaves(n) work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

famulatus, servitus

is the most extreme, coercive, abusive, and inhumane form of legalized inequality where people are treated as things or someone's property.

The status or condition of a person over whom any or all the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised (Art. 1, Slavery Convention, 1926, as amended by the 1953 Protocol).

Slavery entails the ownership of one person by another. As a form of labour organization it has existed throughout history, in a large number of different ...

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The state of an individual held in servitude as the property, or chattel, of another individual, a household, or the state; the practice of owning slaves. The legal, economic, moral, and personal condition of slaves have varied widely in history from one society to another.