The
history of slavery
covers
slave systems in historical perspective
in which
one human being is legally the property of another, can be bought or
sold, is not allowed to escape and must work for
the owner without any choice
involved.
As Drescher (2009) argues, "The most crucial and frequently utilized
aspect of the condition is a communally
recognized right by some individuals to
possess,
buy, sell, discipline, transport, liberate, or otherwise dispose of the
bodies and behavior of other
individuals."
[1]
A
integral element
is that children of a
slave
mother
automatically become slaves.
[2]
It does
not include
historical
forced labor by prisoners
,
labor
camps
, or other forms of
unfree labor
in which
laborers are not considered property