Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes an organism's genetic blueprint. In other words, DNA contains all of the information required to build and maintain an organism.
Chattel slavery, also called traditional slavery, is so named because people are treated as the chattel (personal property) of the owner and are bought and sold as if they were commodities. It is the least prevalent form of slavery in the world today.
See also captivity. abolitionism. the movement for the abolition of slavery, especially Negro slavery in the U.S. â abolitionist, n. helotism. the condition or quality of being a helot; serfdom or slavery. Also helotage, helotry. indentureship. 1. the state or period of being indentured or apprenticed; apprenticeship. 2. the state or period of being a servant bound to service for a specified time in return for passage to a colony. servilism. a doctrine that advocates slavery.