Slavery

**Slavery** be de ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to dema labour. E be an economic phenomenon wey ein history dey reside insyd economic history. Slavery typically dey involve compulsory work, plus de slave ein location of work den residence wey be dictated by de party wey dey hold dem insyd bondage. **Enslavement** be de placement of a person into slavery, wey dem dey bell de person a **slave** anaa **enslaved person**.

Na chaw historical cases of enslavement occur as a result of breaking de law, cam turn indebted, dey suffer a military defeat, anaa exploitation for cheaper labor; na oda forms of slavery dem institute along demographic lines such as race anaa sex. Na dem go keep slaves in bondage for life, anaa for a fixed period of time after wich na dem go be granted freedom. Although slavery be usually involuntary wey dey involve coercion, der sanso be cases wer people voluntarily enter into slavery make dem bia a debt anaa earn money secof poverty. Insyd de course of human history, na slavery be a typical feature of civilization, wey na e exist insyd chaw societies thru out history, buh now dem outlaw am insyd chaw countries of de world, except as a punishment for a crime. In general na der be two types of slavery thru out human history: domestic den productive.

Insyd **chattel slavery**, de slave be legally rendered de personal property (chattel) of de slave owner. Insyd economics, de term **de facto slavery** dey describe de conditions of unfree labour den forced labour wey chaw slaves endure. Insyd 2019, approximately 40 million people, of whom na 26% be kiddies, wey na e still enslaved thru out de world despite slavery be illegal. Insyd de modern world, more dan 50% of slaves provide forced labour, usually insyd de factories den sweatshops of de private sector of a country ein economy. Insyd industrialised countries, human trafficking be a modern variety of slavery; insyd non-industrialised countries, people insyd debt bondage be common, odas include captive domestic servants, people insyd forced marriages, den child soldiers.

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## External links

### Historical
* Slavery in America: A Resource Guide at the Library of Congress
* The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving, University of Virginia: a searchable database of 25,000 scholarly works on slavery and the slave trade
* Digital Library on American Slavery at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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* The West African Squadron and slave trade, history of the Victorian Royal Navy
* Slavery and the Making of America at WNET
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* Slavery archival sources, University of London, Senate House Library
* Mémoire St Barth (archives & history of slavery, slave trade and their abolition), Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques 2010
* Archives of the Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie (MCC), 1720–1889 'Trade Company of Middelburg', Inventory of the archives of the Dutch slave trade across the Atlantic 
* Slave Ships and the Middle Passage at *Encyclopedia Virginia*
* The Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade databases at Emory University

### Modern
* 2018 Global Slavery Index at the Walk Free Foundation
* What is Modern Slavery?; Office To Monitor And Combat Trafficking In Persons, U.S. Department of State.