DEFINITION of "SLAVERY"
	Slavery is defined as a social and economic relationship in which a person is held against their will, is unable to leave, is controlled through violence or threat of violence, and is forced to provide labor or service against their will. Chattel slavery involves an additional concept of ownership which implies purchase and sale and implies an exclusive right to the labor or services of a person.      If the control over the slave is excersized through a contract --usually assumed to be legally binding, although all countries of the world have formally outlawed the practice of slavery-- the person is said to be in contract slavery or debt bondage. If the government sanctions the relationship or if physical force and violence is used or threatened in order to obtain the labor, the person is said to be engaged in forced labor. These latter distinctions serve primarily to confuse the issue. Slavery by any other name is still slavery.      Many studies use the term "trafficking" to describe situations in which a person is geographically relocated against their will, is unable to leave, is controlled through violence or threat, and is forced to provide labor or service at the new location. Often there is an exchange of money to a third-party "owner" of the person which allows the trafficker to take physical possession of the person being trafficked and implement the trafficking. There appears to be little distinction to be made between a slave and a trafficked person, yet some studies resist using the word slave, preferring instead to use the term "trafficked person." Again, the distinction serves only to confuse the issue. Slavery by any other name is still slavery.
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