slavery

📅 Updated:2013-09-01

🕒 Created:2013-09-01

🆔 ID:4148

Description

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. A Slave can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation. Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by many societies; in more recent times slavery has been outlawed in most societies but continues through the practices of debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, and domestic servants kept in captivity.