slavery.

Definition of slavery. in English English dictionary: mancipation; A condition of servitude endured by a slave; An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers; servitude; {n} the condition of a slave, servitude; Slavery is the system by which people are owned by other people as slaves. My people have survived 400 years of slavery. Condition in which one human being is owned by another. A slave was considered in law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of the rights ordinarily held by free persons. Slavery has existed on nearly every continent, including Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, and throughout most of recorded history. The ancient Greeks and Romans accepted the institution of slavery, as did the Mayas, Incas, Aztecs, and Chinese. Europeans began importing slaves from Africa to the New World beginning in the 16th century (see slave trade). An estimated 11 million people were taken from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade. By the mid-19th century the slave population in the U.S. had risen to more than four million, although slave imports had been banned from 1809. Most slaves worked on plantations in the South, their status governed by slave codes. Most of the slaves sent to the Americas ended up in South America, where harsh conditions required the constant replenishing of slaves. Following the rise of abolitionism, Britain outlawed slavery in its colonies in 1833, and France did the same in 1848. During the American Civil War, slavery was abolished in the Confederacy by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), which was decreed by Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Slavery continues to exist in many parts of the world, although it is not officially recognized by any government. See also Dred Scott decision; Fugitive Slave Acts; serfdom; Underground Railroad; the practice of owning slaves work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay; work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay; The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another; A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs; The most extreme, coercive, abusive, and inhumane form of legalized inequality; people are treated as property; The condition of servitude endured by a slave; system by which people are owned by other people to Strand : when you are stranded, you are not allowed to leave a place because of the bad weather for example; {i} servitude, state of being a slave, bondage; hard work, drudgery; the state of being under the control of another person; The institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers; A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will; The holding of slaves; A system of enforced servitude in which people are owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children (p 220); the practice of owning slaves; {i} bondservice