Slavery
11slavery — [slā′vər ē, slāv′rē] n. 1. the owning or keeping of slaves as a practice or institution; slaveholding 2. the condition of being a slave; bondage; servitude 3. a condition of submission to or domination by some influence, habit, etc. 4. hard work… …
12Slavery — Slave redirects here. For other uses, see Slave (disambiguation). Part of a series on …
13slavery — /slay veuh ree, slayv ree/, n. 1. the condition of a slave; bondage. 2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution. 3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs. 4. severe toil; drudgery. [1545 55; SLAVE… …
14slavery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chattel ▪ the system of chattel slavery ▪ plantation ▪ domestic ▪ Their stated aim was to free women from domestic slavery …
15SLAVERY — BIBLICAL LAW The Hebrew term for slave, eved (pl. avadim), is a direct derivation from the verb ʿbd, to work ; thus, the slave is only a worker or servant. The eved differs from the hired worker (sakhir) in three respects: he receives no wages… …
16slavery — n. 1) to establish, introduce slavery 2) to abolish slavery 3) white slavery * * * [ sleɪv(ə)rɪ] introduceslavery to abolish slavery to establish white slavery …
17SLAVERY — In Mesopotamia, slaves were mainly used in a domestic context and not in large scale public projects as in the Roman empire. The cuneiform sign for slave denotes a person “from the mountains,” which means a foreigner. Slaves could be prisoners …
18Slavery — Although the last remnants of human bondage, characteris tic of feudalism, had nearly vanished in the Republic itself, the Dutch introduced slavery in their colonies following the example set by other colonizing nations such as Spain, Portugal …
19slavery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bondage; forced labor; servitude, chains, captivity; drudgery, toil; addiction, submission. See subjection. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Bondage] Syn. bondage, servitude, thralldom, enthrallment, subjection …
20Slavery — Hd Census of, in Lower Canada, in 1784, 231; negroes advertised in Quebec, 246. B George Brown s lifelong opposition to, xi, 1 2, 111 119; Anti Slavery Society of Canada formed, 112, 113. S Prohibition of, in Upper Canada, 89 91. See also… …
