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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Slavery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave

Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to perform labour or services. The term also refers to the status or condition of those persons who are treated as the property of another person or household. This is referred to as "chattel slavery".

Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive compensation in return for their labour. As such, slavery is one form of unfree labour.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/deprived

deprived

to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons)





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/refuse

refuse

to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.

to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission.

to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question.

to decline to submit to.

to decline acceptance, consent, or compliance.

To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow

To indicate unwillingness (to do something)





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/freedom

personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery

Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/labor

labor

to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil.

Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work.

Something produced by work.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/services

services

Often, services. the performance of any duties or work for another; helpful or professional activity: medical services.

supplying aids or services rather than products or goods

to supply with aid, information, or other incidental services.

Work done for others as an occupation or business: has done service for us as a consultant.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/association

association

the act of associating or state of being associated.

A connection of persons, things, or ideas by some common factor; union.

A functional connection of two ideas, events, or psychological phenomena established through learning or experience.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/refuse

refuse

to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.

to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission.

to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question.

to decline to submit to.

to decline acceptance, consent, or compliance.

To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow

To indicate unwillingness (to do something)





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/freedom

personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery

Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pirate

pirate

a person who uses or reproduces the work or invention of another without authorization.

to take by piracy: to pirate gold.

to use or reproduce (a book, an invention, etc.) without authorization or legal right: to pirate hit records.

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own [syn: plagiarist]

take arbitrarily or by force





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plagiarist

plagiarist

the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

something used and represented in this manner.












http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/now

now

at the present time or moment

without further delay; immediately; at once

At once; immediately






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