Freedom Status Controlled Vocabulary

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• Unknown

  A condition in which a person’s status as enslaved or free cannot be inferred from the available information
• Transition

  A condition of freedom that is in transition from enslaved to free or free to enslaved
• Free

  A condition of autonomy and self possession that allows a person to control their own labor, movement, and social engagement
• Enslaved

  A condition of perpetual hereditary unfreedom that is central to the system of forced labor