LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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a person who works for 7 years
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a person who is owned and not free
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a citizen
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property. 2. a person who is forced to work for another against his or her will.
Detailed explanation-2: -slavery, condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a person held in forced servitude. disapproving : a person who is completely subservient to a dominating influence. a slave to fashion/technology. 3.
Detailed explanation-4: -slave·hold·er ˈslāv-ˌhōl-dər. plural slaveholders.
Detailed explanation-5: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery. The key characteristics of slavery are ones generally agreed such as the loss of freedom of movement and legal rights.