Slavery

Slavery is a condition of control over a person, known as a slave, that can be enforced by violence or other forms of coercion against his or her will. Slavery almost always occurs for the purpose of securing the labor of the slave. A specific form, known as chattel slavery, is defined by the absolute legal ownership of a person or persons, including the legal right to buy and sell them.

Famous slaves and former slaves

From the list of famous slaves:

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• Saint Patrick, abducted from Britain, enslaved in Ireland, escaped to Britain, returned to Ireland as a missionary
• John Brown (fugitive slave), escaped and wrote of conditions in Deep South
• Frederick Douglass, African-American slave turned abolitionist
• Enrique, the slave of Ferdinand Magellan, who became the first man to go around the globe.
• Malinche, famous translator during the Spanish conquest of Mexico
• Onesimus, a slave owned by Philemon mentioned in the Bible
• Spartacus, Roman slave who led the Servile Revolt
• Toussaint L'Ouverture, led the independence of Haiti slave revolt after being freed.
• Harriet Tubman, Also nicknamed Moses because of her efforts in helping other slaves escape through the Underground Railway.
• Nat Turner, escaped and led revolt in Southampton County, Virginia
• Zumbi, slave in colonial Brazil, escaped and joined the Quilombo dos Palmares - the largest ever settlement of escaped slaves in Brazil - , later becoming its last and most famous leader.
• Mende Nazer, a woman who was slave in Sudan and transferred to London to serve a diplomat family there