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Slavery - Wikipedia Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage Enslavement is the placement of a person into slavery, and the person is called a slave or an enslaved person
Slavery | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica In many areas there were large-scale slave societies, while in others there were slave-owning societies Slavery was practiced everywhere even before the rise of Islam, and Black slaves exported from Africa were widely traded throughout the Islamic world
U. S. Slavery: Timeline, Figures Abolition | HISTORY Though the U S Congress outlawed the African slave trade in 1808, the domestic trade flourished, and the enslaved population in the United States nearly tripled over the next 50 years
The Slave Trade - National Museum of American History The Slave Trade Stereoview showing slaves in a cotton field in the southern United States, 1860s Courtesy of Library of Congress More than ten million Africans were forcefully imported as part of the transatlantic slave trade between the 1600s and early 1800s The majority went to the Caribbean and South America
SLAVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Slave definition: a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor See examples of SLAVE used in a sentence
The Origins of Slavery | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The transatlantic slave trade had its beginning in the middle of the fifteenth century when Portuguese ships sailed down the West African coast The intention was to trade for gold and spices, but the voyagers found another even more valuable commodity—human beings
Slave trade | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica 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
slavery | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute In the United States, individuals were forced into slavery, born into slavery, and were slaves for life based on their race Slaves were recognized as property or objects of the slave owners