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Enslavement MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Enslavement
Tree Number(s)
I01.880.735.384.350
Unique ID
D063947
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063947
Scope Note
The status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised. The slave trade is all acts involved in the capture, acquisition or disposal of persons with intent to reduce them to enslavement; all acts involved in the acquisition of enslaved persons with a view to selling or exchanging them; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of persons acquired with a view to being sold or exchanged, and, in general, every act of trade or transport of slaves. (from http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/slaveryen.pdf accessed 10/18/2012)
Entry Term(s)
Slaveholding
Slavery
See Also
Enslaved Persons
Public MeSH Note
2019; see SLAVERY 2013-2018
History Note
2019(2014)
Date Established
2014/01/01
Date of Entry
2013/07/08
Revision Date
2019/07/05
Enslavement Preferred
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