slave status
[/sleɪv ˈsteɪtəs/]
nounpl: slave statuses
condição de escravo
1. The legal and social condition of being enslaved; the state of servitude where a person is treated as property without rights or freedom
The abolition of slavery ended the slave status that had defined millions of lives for centuries.
A abolição da escravidão terminou a condição de escravo que havia definido as vidas de milhões por séculos.
2. Historical or legal designation indicating that a person was held in bondage by another
Documents from the 1800s recorded the slave status of families separated by the trade.
Documentos do século XIX registravam a condição de escravo de famílias separadas pelo comércio.
3. The subordinate social position and lack of autonomy characteristic of enslaved persons
Despite formal emancipation, many freed people struggled against lingering effects of slave status.
Apesar da emancipação formal, muitas pessoas liberdas lutavam contra os efeitos persistentes da condição de escravo.
This term is primarily used in historical, academic, and legal contexts when discussing the transatlantic slave trade, slavery in the Americas, or the historical experiences of enslaved Africans and their descendants. In Brazil, this term is significant given Brazil's long history with slavery and its role as the last country in the Americas to abolish it in 1888. Understanding slave status is crucial to discussions of racial inequality, reparations, and historical trauma in both American and Brazilian societies.
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