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- 1. the state of being a slave: "thousands had been sold into slavery" Similar Opposite
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Sep 1, 2024 · Slave trade, the capturing, selling, and buying of enslaved persons. Slavery has existed throughout the world since ancient times, and trading in slaves has been equally universal. The practice of slavery continued in many countries (illegally) into the 21st century.
Sep 30, 2024 · Human trafficking, form of modern-day slavery involving the illegal transport of individuals by force or deception for the purpose of labor, sexual exploitation, or activities in which others benefit financially. Human trafficking is a global problem affecting people of all ages.
Sep 16, 2024 · Reconstruction, the period (1865–77) after the American Civil War during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded.
Oct 4, 2024 · Debt slavery, a state of indebtedness to landowners that limits the autonomy of producers (e.g., tenant farmers) and provides the owners of capital with cheap labor. A prime example of debt slavery is the system that existed among sharecroppers and landowners in the U.S. South from the 1860s until World War II.
Although many of the Founding Fathers acknowledged that slavery violated the core American Revolutionary ideal of liberty, their simultaneous commitment to private property rights, principles of limited government, and intersectional harmony prevented them from making a bold move against slavery.
Sep 28, 2024 · Sex slavery, condition in which one human being is owned by another and is forced or otherwise coerced into working in the sex trade. Activities associated with sex slavery include prostitution, pornography, child sex rings, sex tourism, and such occupations as nude dancing and modeling.
Sep 10, 2024 · Passover, in Judaism, holiday commemorating the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the ‘passing over’ of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord ‘smote the land of Egypt’ on the eve of the Exodus.
SLAVERY meaning: 1 : the state of being a slave; 2 : the practice of owning slaves.
The most common form of forced labor in the history of civilization is slavery. Servitude is the general term used to describe all types of forced labor. It comes from the…
Slavery was abolished in Latin America by 1888. Abolitionism Key Facts. Abolitionism Timeline. Lists of some of the causes and effects of abolitionism. The abolitionist movement arose in the late 18th century to end the transatlantic slave trade and emancipate enslaved persons in western Europe and the Americas.
