( Noun) To be under the control and direction of of a Superior or Owner, for the direct benefit of the Superior or Owner. This term always implies force, though some slaves describe themselves as being completely willing to be owned and controlled for the benefit of their Owners. (I call such types Submissives (not really slaves)---because the term "Submissive", being used as a noun, implies willfull submission instead of forced subservience; the latter being what slavery achieves.)

May be used to refer to the present condition of the American People, when ruled by minorities, foreign interests or the privileged. But, better to sidestep altogether when raised about Civil War. If it is denied, you are immediately on the defensive (the Found- ing Fathers owned slaves, are you opposing them?). If you affirm it, you side with a past practice which has been abolished. Best to speak on Nationalism, itself.

the practice of owning slaves

Describes when some individuals are owned by others as their property.

A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.

An outdated Abortionite sacrament, primarily practiced by the Racist sect in the United States. The choice of holding other human beings in a condition of involuntary servitude.

The most extreme, coercive, abusive, and inhumane form of legalized inequality; people are treated as property.

the state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slave holder or household.