different between slavery vs freedperson

English

Etymology 1

From slave +? -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sle?v??i/, /?sle?v?i/

Noun

slavery (usually uncountable, plural slaveries)

1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
2. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
3. (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,

     Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.

Translations

See also

• debt bondage
• bonded labor
• bonded labour

Etymology 2

slaver +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæv??i/, /?slæv?i/

Adjective

slavery (comparative more slavery, superlative most slavery)

1. Covered in slaver; slobbery.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “slavery”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• slavery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “slavery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

• Laverys, Varleys

English

Etymology

From freed +? person.

Noun

freedperson (plural freedpersons or freedpeople)

1. A person who has been released from a condition of slavery.
   • 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, "Introduction", page 7:

     Like David Williams earlier, Smith looks at gold-rich Lumpkin County and tells the story of how a second generation of this unique group of freedpeople worked closely with the local white elites to obtain property, resources, and teachers to establish schools.

See also

• ex-slave
• freedman
• freedwoman