What is Slavery?
"Slavery is the permanent, violent domination of natally alienated and generally dishonored persons." -Orlando Petterson
Types of Slavery
Forced Labor
- Debt Peonage: A person bonds themselves to a master to pay off a debt.
- Penal Labor: A person performs labor as a form of punishment.
- Wage Slavery: A person's livelihood is totally/ immediately dependent on wages.
- Serfdom: A person works a plot of land for their lord in return for living on it.
- Indentured Servitude: A person signs a contract to work for a fixed time.
Sexual Slavery
: A person forced to perform sexual acts against their free will.
Domestic Servitude
: A person forced to perform domestic duties.
The Five Major Slave Societies
Ancient Greece 800 BC - 146 BC 33% of the population enslaved
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Ancient Rome 753 BC - 476 AD 33% of the population enslaved
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United States 1619 AD - 1865 AD 13% of the population enslaved
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Brazil 1150 AD - 1888 AD 33% of the population enslaved
Caribbean Societies