URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123314
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85123314#concept
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
Broader 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--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--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--US 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)
- found: Address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping, 1775
- found: "Observations on slave keeping" in Providence gazette, 4 December 1773.
- found: "'Child slavery' in British and French Far-Eastern colonies 1880-1945" in Past & Present, no. 201 (November 2008):page 176 (mui tsai = "little younger sister"; girls sold into domestic bond service by their families in Asia) - https://www.jstor.org/stable/25580913
- found: Women and Chinese patriarchy, 1994:page xiv (mui tsai = girls sold into domestic servitude) page 11 (mui tsai = widespread institution in China where families sold unwanted girls due to poverty, natural disasters, or war) page 12 (mui tsai were officially abolished by the Communist government circa 1950, but the practice continued covertly) - https://archive.org/details/womenchinesepatr0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up?q=mui+tsai
- found: The Enduring Vision, v. 1, 2014:page 232 (Benjamin Banneker refers uses the euphemism "thralldom" for the institution of slavery in a 19 Aug 1791 letter to the Secretary of State Th Jefferson)
- found: "Thralldom" in The free dictionary, viewed 13 December 2022(the state of being in the power of another person, such as a slave or serf) - https://www.thefreedictionary.com/thralldom
- found: "Thralldom" in Merriam-Webster thesaurus, viewed 13 December 2022(synonyms: slavery, servitude, enslavement, bondage) - https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thralldom
LC Classification
- E441-E453
- HT851-HT1445
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Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2023-05-04: revised
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