Slavery - Wikipedia Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour [1] Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage
Slavery | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Slavery is the condition in which one human being is owned by another Under slavery, an enslaved person is considered by law as property, or chattel, and is deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons
A Brief History of Slavery That You Didnt Learn in School Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia, most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery Sometime in 1619, a Portuguese slave ship, the São João
Slavery: Definition and Abolition | HISTORY From a man who mailed himself to freedom to a husband and wife team of impostors, learn the true stories behind five of American history’s most audacious escapes from slavery
slavery | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute Slavery is the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty It is also a regime where one class of people - the slave owners - could force another - the slaves - to work and limit their liberty
The History of Slavery in the United States of America Though slavery in America has long since been illegal in the United States, the ramifications of the African slave trade that almost broke the new nation are still felt throughout American society, politics, and culture today