The modern liberal mind rightly recoils in revulsion from the very notion of slavery; of first depriving fellow humans of their liberty, then exerting total powers of life and death over them. Forcing the enslaved into unpaid labour, often in degrading conditions, and imposing at whim barbarous punishments upon them is rightly considered a violation of every concept of a civilized society. But using this revulsion to further one’s own political or religious agenda is in itself a form of slavery... Sign in to see full entry.