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Slavery - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Slavery : (noun)
1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn:
bondage, thrall, thralldom, thraldom]
2: the practice of owning slaves [syn: slaveholding]
3: work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Slavery : \Slav"er*y\, n.; pl. Slaveries. [See 2d Slave.]
1. The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection
of one person to the will of another.
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said
I, still thou art a bitter draught! --Sterne.
I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this
state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual
abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future
mischief. --Washington.
2. A condition of subjection or submission characterized by
lack of freedom of action or of will.
The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. --C. Lever.
There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish,
-- the slavery of caste. --G. W. Cable.
3. The holding of slaves.
Syn: Bondage; servitude; inthrallment; enslavement;
captivity; bond service; vassalage.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SLAVERY. The state or condition of a slave.
2.Slavery : exists in most of the southern states. In Pennsylvania, by
the act of March, 1780, for the gradual abolition of slavery, it has been
almost entirely removed in Massachusetts it was held, soon after the
Revolution, that slavery had been abolished by their constitution; 4 Mass.
128; in Connecticut, slavery has been totally extinguished by legislative
provisions; Reeve's Dom. Bel. 340; the states north of Delaware, Maryland
and the river Ohio, may be considered as free States, where slavery is not
tolerated. Vide Stroud on Slavery; 2 Kent, Com. 201; Rutherf. Inst. 238.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Slavery |
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Talkoholic: RT @SayidSE: @Talkoholic Or Nazi Germany under WW2! or Louisiana under Slavery! I strongly demand that you re read what u wrote dearest! |
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DaltonStoltz: "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of Slavery." http://read.ly/Gal5.1.ESV |
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xkcape: 21st Century Slavery-Historical Perspective
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2122981/6698886 |
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