Definition of slavery Slavery

/slejˈvɚi/ - [sleyveree] - slav•er•y

We found 14 definitions of slavery from 7 different sources.

What does slavery mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: slaveries
slavery - work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
		toil, labour, labor productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
slavery - the practice of owning slaves
		slaveholding
slavery - the state of being under the control of another person
		bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom
		subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others
		bonded labor a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
		servitude state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"

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Wiktionary

slavery (Noun)
An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
slavery (Noun)
A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
slavery (Noun)
A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

slavery (n.)
The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.
slavery (n.)
A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.
slavery (n.)
The holding of slaves.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

slavery
A state characterized by lack of freedom and rights and complete dependency on another person.
slavery
The practice of keeping slaves.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

slavery
Account not that work slavery That brings in penny savoury.

Wikipedia

Slavery (also called thralldom) is a system where people, called slaves, must work with little or no pay for their work. Slaves do not have rights and have no choice but to work.

Slavery is a form of unfree labour and, in general, slaves are owned by someone else. If a slave is owned by someone else, he is called a chattel slave (pronounced. Chattel slaves are property, much like cattle. They are bought and sold in the same way.

Slavery today.

People are still being made slaves in some parts of the world. The ways in which it is done have changed. Today, slaves work because of things like a high debt (for example, slaves have to work to pay off a debt). For girls and women, forced prostitution is a type of slavery. Another form of slavery still happening today is forced child labor. Some children have to work in mines or in plantations, or they have to fight wars as child soldiers, for no pay.

One study says that there are 27 million people (but others say there could be as many as 200 million) in slavery today, everywhere.

Countries.

There is obvious enslavement still taking place in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. In Summer 2007, 570 people were found to be slaves for brick makers in China. Of those freed, 69 of them were children. The Chinese government made a force of 35,000 police check northern Chinese brick kilns for slaves, and sent lots of kiln supervisors and officials to prison and sentenced one kiln foreman to death for killing an enslaved worker