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Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. ... Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location ...
A slave is an individual held in forced servitude. Slave or slaves may also refer to: Contents. 1 Arts, entertainment, and media.
Under the law, an enslaved person was treated as property that could be bought, sold, or given away. Slavery lasted in about half of U.S. states until abolition ...
Inherited from Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclāvus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of esclave.
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Slavery was institutionalized by the time the first civilizations emerged (such as Sumer in Mesopotamia, which dates back as far as 3500 BC). Slavery features ...