Webster slavery
Defined in 1 dictionary — Case Law
Definitions from Case Law
From 203 U.S. 1 - Hodges v. United States · 1906Most cited · 329 citing opinions
the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another,' and a slave is said to be 'a person who is held in bondage to another.' Even the secondary meaning given recognizes the fact of subjection, as 'one who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition,' and servitude is by the same authority declared to be 'the state of voluntary or compulso