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'''Slavery''' refers to the owning of people as property, a practice which has been largely abolished over the 19th century. | '''Slavery''' refers to the owning of people as property, a practice which has been largely abolished over the 19th century. Slaves have historically been employed in many fields, including as soldiers (such as the Ottoman Janissaries) but most often slaves have been used as domestic servents and as basic laborers. It is also used to refered to other states in which people are forced to work very hard under heavy control by higher ranking figures that are comprable to slavery (such as Serfdom in Tsarist Russia before 1861). | ||
== Slavery in science fiction == | |||
*In [[Star Wars]], slavery existed in several backwater regions of the Galaxy, such as [[Tatooine]] | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[American Civil War]] | *[[American Civil War]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:01, 28 December 2009
Slavery refers to the owning of people as property, a practice which has been largely abolished over the 19th century. Slaves have historically been employed in many fields, including as soldiers (such as the Ottoman Janissaries) but most often slaves have been used as domestic servents and as basic laborers. It is also used to refered to other states in which people are forced to work very hard under heavy control by higher ranking figures that are comprable to slavery (such as Serfdom in Tsarist Russia before 1861).
Slavery in science fiction
See also
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