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right|thumb|242x242px|Peter (enslaved man)|Peter, a slave from Louisiana, in 1863. The scars are the result of a whipping by his overseer.

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Slavery is a form of social exploitation and forced labor. It is described by sources including The Catholic Encyclopedia, the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus. The topic is partially coincident with racism and is said to be the same as forced labor.

The practice involves the use of coercion, imprisonment, kidnapping, and human trafficking. It includes parts such as human trafficking, debt bondage, and slaves. The history of the subject is documented in the history of slavery. It is featured in the Commons category and gallery titled "Slavery" and falls under the main category Category:Slavery.

Slavery is included on the focus lists of Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, WikiProject Human rights, and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. It has a topic template designated as Template:Slavery. The subject is referenced by 7,732 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
forced labor
Image
Official medallion of the British Anti-Slavery Society (1795).jpg
Said to be same as
forced labor
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Commons category
Slavery
topic's main category
Category:Slavery
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
Commons gallery
Slavery
history of topic
history of slavery
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
partially coincident with
racism
topic has template
Template:Slavery
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Encyclopedic overview

62 sections
Contents
  • Etymology{{anchor|Types}}
  • Terminology
  • Chattel slavery
  • Bonded labour
  • Dependents
  • Forced labour
  • Child soldiers and child labour
  • Forced marriage
  • Other uses of the term
  • Characteristics
  • Economics
  • Identification
  • Legal aspects
  • Private versus state-owned slaves
  • Legal rights
  • History
  • Africa
  • Middle East
  • Americas
  • Spanish colonial America
  • English and Dutch Caribbean
  • Brazil
  • Haiti
  • United States
  • Asia-Pacific
  • East Asia
  • South Asia
  • South East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Europe
  • Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Medieval and early modern Europe
  • Nazi Germany
  • Communist states
  • Contemporary slavery
  • Distribution
  • China
  • Libya
  • Mauritania
  • North Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Yemen
  • Economics
  • Trafficking
  • Abolitionism
  • In antiquity
  • Americas
  • Europe
  • Worldwide
  • Apologies
  • Reparations
  • Media
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • Surveys and reference
  • United States
  • Slavery in the modern era
  • External links
  • Historical
  • Modern

right|thumb|242x242px|Peter (enslaved man)|Peter, a slave from Louisiana, in 1863. The scars are the result of a whipping by his overseer.

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regard to their labour. It is an economic phenomenon and its history resides in economic history. 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “slavery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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