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Slavery
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Slavery
The practice in which one person owns another person, or at least that person's labor. In either case, the owner does not compensate the slave for his/her work. Slavery is one of the world's oldest institutions. In the modern world, it is considered one of the most egregious human rights violations. It is illegal in nearly every country, but still exists. In the present, it is strongly associated with sexual trafficking and forced domestic servants.


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What seems harmless fun at first can become a relentless slavemaster, undermining good work habits and creating an expectation, not only of good luck, but of bad luck and accidents.
When it does move, though, it's fast and violent, with a degree of specificity in its depiction of both fighting and sex that would get it an R rating (for the former) or an x (for the latter) if it were a film, and the language of soldiers, thieves, slavemasters, and even eldritch creatures would be right at home in The Sopranos or Deadwood.
Byline: By DONNA WATSON TWO Tories spark outrage as they pose in fancy dress as a slavemaster beating a slave.
 
 
 
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