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Definition of slavery for Students. 1  1 : the state of being owned by another person : bondage. 2  2 : the custom or practice of owning slaves. 3  3 : hard tiring labor : drudgery.
Slavery was known in civilizations as old as Sumer, as well as almost every other ancient civilization. The ByzantineâOttoman wars and the Ottoman wars in Europe resulted in the taking of large numbers of Christian slaves. Slavery became common within the British Isles during the Middle Ages. Britain played a prominent role in the Atlantic slave trade, especially after 1600. Slavery was a legal institution in all of the 13 American colonies and Canada (acquired by Britain in 1763).