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slav·ery (slā′vər ē, slāv′rē)

noun

  1. the owning or keeping of slaves as a practice or institution; slaveholding
  2. the condition of being a slave; bondage; servitude
  3. a condition of submission to or domination by some influence, habit, etc.
  4. hard work or toil like that done by slaves; drudgery

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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slavrey is the form of forced labor in which people are considered to be or treated as ,the property of others

Posted by nana 33 days ago.

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