SLAVERY IN CANADA

What were they called in Canada?

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Information of the slaves

In Canada slaves were refered to as "Servants" not "Slaves". The reason for this was because Canadians did not want to have the name "Slave owner" attached to them. Also the definition of Slave v.s. Servants is so different, because the definition of servant refers to the person as bein employed and the slave defenition refers to the person as someone in debt to.

"Slavery"
 
(1) Drudgery, toil (2) Submission to a dominating influence (3) the state of a person who is a chattel of another (4) the practice of slaveholding.

"Servant"
 
(1) A person employed by another (2) A person in the service of another (3) A person employed by the government.

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By: Devan Long