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Slavery vs Freedwoman - What's the difference?

slavery | freedwoman |

As nouns the difference between slavery and freedwoman

is that slavery is an institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers while freedwoman is a woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.

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.

    freedwoman

    English

    Noun

    (freedwomen)
  • A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.

    • See also

    * ex-slave * freedman * freedperson