Slave
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A person held to serve another under a claim of ownership; one who is accounted the property of another person; a bondman, in virtue of belonging to another; a servant whose master claims title in him. Slavery: the condition of a slave; also, that political or civil state in which a claim of persons of one class or race to own persons of another is recognized and susslaves; particularly, buying or importing them from one country, to be sold in another.