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Indentured vs Slavery - What's the difference?

indentured | slavery |

As a verb indentured

is (indenture).

As an adjective indentured

is subject to an indenture.

As a noun slavery is

an institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

indentured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (indenture)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Subject to an indenture.

    • slavery

    English

    (wikipedia slavery)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
  • A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
  • (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
  • * 1818 , ,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,
    • Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery .

    See also

    * debt bondage * bonded labor * bonded labour

    References

    * * * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.