Meaning of Slave (What it is, Concept and Definition)

What is Slave:

Slave is a person who is deprived of freedom and human rights, being treated as a commodity.

The word slave derives from Latin slave which in the time of the Roman Empire referred to those who did not have legal capacity. They generally referred to the Slavs, being the main medieval source of slaves.

Slavery, that is, the condition to which the slave is subjected, is already contemplated and described in ancient Roman law.

See also Slavery.

The reasons why someone became a slave in the Roman Empire are the following:

Being a war captive Being sold legally by another person, for example, a father to his children or debtors to creditors. Being sentenced to capital punishment and sent to work in the mines. Being accused of having carnal knowledge with a slave after being notified by a third party. time. Being accused of ingratitude upon being set free as a slave, falling back into that condition.

The English translation of slave is slaveFor example: “The slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms“, which translates in Spanish as “The slave trade must be prohibited in all its forms.”

Who were the slaves?

Slavery was an institution extended to several continents despite not being considered slave societies, since it was not a central institution in the organization of these societies.

The commercialization of people, before the arrival of Europeans in the 15th century to Africa, India and America, occurred on a very small scale and although war was the main source of enslavement, it was used as a way to meet reasons social obligations such as payment of debts, judicial punishments, protection against attacks, etc.

In the time of the Roman Empire, the Slavs were the ones who were commonly taken as slaves. From the 15th century onwards, the Dominicans in Spain, who wanted to protect the Indians from slavery, suggested to the Spanish Crown the importation of blacks to use as slaves.

In 1595, the Portuguese regularized this business through import licenses to America. The slaves were mostly from Guinea, Senegal and the Congo.

The extension of the slave trade also began to take in people from tribes originating from America and poor immigrants who came to the continent fleeing absolutist regimes in Asia, as is the case of the Chinese in southern Peru and northern Chile.

See also Slavery.

Book The slave

The slave is a book written in 2002 by the Mexican author Francisco J. Ángel, who writes under the pseudonym Anand Dílva.

The slave tells the story of a man in a vegetative state who is aware of what is happening around him but unable to communicate.

The protagonist addresses the themes of personal improvement and the importance of living life to the fullest through the internal conflict that occurs when he realizes that his family decides to disconnect him from the machines that kept him alive.