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Thraldom vs Slavery - What's the difference?

thraldom | slavery |

As nouns the difference between thraldom and slavery

is that thraldom is while slavery is an institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

thraldom

English

Noun

  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1864 , year_published=2006 , edition=HTML , editor= , author= , title=Atlantic Monthly Journal , chapter=A Fast-Day at Foxden citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=The wretched thraldom was over,—and what had it left? }}

    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.