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'''Slavery''' is involuntary servitude to another person or persons, such that the persons held in bondage are considered to be property. It reduces a person to the status of [[chattel]] who can be owned by another person. The selling price of a slave varied from less than that of horse to as many as a dozen horses.<ref>[http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/socialstudies/projects/jvc/unit/econ/msstatemsg.html Indentured Servants and Slave Prices] (forum post)</ref>
'''Slavery''' is involuntary servitude to another person or persons, such that the persons held in bondage are considered to be property. It reduces a person to the status of [[chattel]] who can be owned by another person. The selling price of a slave varied from less than that of horse to as many as a dozen horses.<ref>[http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/socialstudies/projects/jvc/unit/econ/msstatemsg.html Indentured Servants and Slave Prices] (forum post)</ref>
The master controls and commands the slave, either through property-like ownership of the slave or by right to command him.
The master controls and commands the slave, either through property-like ownership of the slave or by right to command him. The last forms of legal slavery wwere outlawed in 1970 in the Arabian countries, but hidden slavery still exists today in remote parts of Africa such as the [[Sudan]] where Arabs own black slaves.
The term "slavery" is often used metaphorically for sex workers who are controlled by pimps.
The term "slavery" is often used metaphorically for sex workers who are controlled by pimps.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Finkelman, Paul. and Joseph C. Miller, eds. ''Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery'' (1999)
* Finkelman, Paul. and Joseph C. Miller, eds. ''Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery'' (1999)
* Fogel, Robert. ''Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery'' (1989) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/without-consent-or-contract-the-rise-and-fall-of-american-slavery-by-robert-william-fogel.jsp online edition]
* Morgan, Kenneth. ''Slavery and the British Empire: From Africa to America'' (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Slavery-British-Empire-Africa-America/dp/0192892916/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241544745&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search]
* Morgan, Kenneth. ''Slavery and the British Empire: From Africa to America'' (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Slavery-British-Empire-Africa-America/dp/0192892916/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241544745&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search]
* Rodriguez, ed. Junius P. ''The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery'' (2 Vol. 1997)
* Rodriguez, ed. Junius P. ''The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery'' (2 Vol. 1997)