From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Slavery
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123314
- info:lc/authorities/sh85123314
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85123314#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Abolition of slavery
- Antislavery
- Enslavement
- Mui tsai
- Ownership of slaves
- Servitude
- Slave keeping
- Slave system
- Slaveholding
- Thralldom
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Narrower Concepts from Other Schemes
Slavery--Archival resources 
- Slavery--Biblical teaching
- Slavery--British colonies
- Slavery--British colonies--Anti-slavery movements
- Slavery--British colonies--Emancipation
- Slavery--British colonies--Justification
- Slavery--Colonies
- Slavery--Controversial literature
- Slavery--Dutch colonies
- Slavery--Econometric models
- Slavery--Economic aspects
- Slavery--Economic aspects--French colonies
- Slavery--Emancipation
- Slavery--Emancipation--British colonies
- Slavery--Emancipation--Economic aspects
- Slavery--Emancipation--Economic aspects--British colonies
- Slavery--Emancipation--French colonies
- Slavery--French colonies
- Slavery--French colonies--Anti-slavery movements
- Slavery--French colonies--Emancipation
- Slavery--Government policy
- Slavery--Historiography
- Slavery--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects
- Slavery--Philosophy
- Slavery--Political aspects
- Slavery--Portuguese colonies
- Slavery--Portuguese colonies--Emancipation
- Slavery--Psychological aspects
- Slavery--Public opinion
- Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity
- Slavery--Social aspects
- Slavery--Social conditions
- Slavery--Societies, etc.
- Slavery--Songs and music
- Slavery--Sources
- Slavery--Spanish colonies
- Slavery--Spanish colonies--Anti-slavery movements
- Slavery--Speeches in Congress
- Slavery--Study and teaching
- Slavery--Study and teaching (Secondary)
- Slavery--U.S. territories and possessions
Sources
- found: Yourdictionary.com WWW site, Apr. 17, 2009(Slavery; synonyms: thralldom, slaveholding)
- found: Google search, Apr. 14, 2009(137,000 hits: slave system 'slavery')
- found: LC database, July 21, 2011(enslavement)
- found: Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, July 21, 2011(enslavement 1 : the act or process of enslaving <the gradual enslavement of primitive peoples>; 2 : the state of being enslaved : BONDAGE, SERVITUDE)
LC Classification
- E441-E453
- HT851-HT1445
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2011-10-27: revised
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