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What is slavery ? What does it mean being a slave ? Do they poses you? Do they have the right to do whatever they want with you ? Slavery is a condition of being a slave . Slave is someone who is forced to do whatever the owner says to. I always listen or have read about it . Like it is something which was in the past but doesn’t exist anymore. This made me wonder , what about now ? Does slavery exist even in 21st century? Do people still have to do things they don’t want to , they are forced to ?

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