Slavery
ConceptSlavery and Abolitionism
Ownership of people as property and forced labour
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Slavery
- Slavery and Abolitionism
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially regarding their labour. It commonly involves compulsory work and control over where an enslaved person lives and works. Historical enslavement had several causes, including debt, military defeat, exploitation for cheaper labour, race and sex. Although outlawed in every country except as criminal punishment, slavery and related forms of unfree or forced labour remain prevalent worldwide.
- Definition
- Ownership of a person as property
- Historical types
- Domestic and productive
- Chattel slavery
- A person is legally treated as an owner's property
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Slavery (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q8463
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Mathew Benjamin Brady. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsMathew Benjamin Brady, File:Scourged back by McPherson & Oliver, 1863.jpgModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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