单词 | slave factory |
释义 | slave factoryn. 1. Esp. on the west coast of Africa: a building in which enslaved people were kept prior to being shipped and sold. Now historical. ΘΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > places inhabited by slaves slave quarter1837 slave quarter1837 slave pen1845 slave pen1845 slave pit1931 slave pit1931 slave house1939 slave house1939 slave camp1953 slave camp1953 1789 Columbian Mag. (Philadelphia) Apr. 237/2 I received a very alarming account of the settlement from mr. Richard Weaver, the chief magistrate, dated the 23d April, 1788, informing me, that the greatest part of the people had emigrated, some to the neighbouring slave factories, and some on board slave ships. 1837 G. Thompson Appeal Abolitionists Great Brit. 11 Slave factories still line the banks of the rivers and the shores of the Atlantic. 1975 J. L. Anderson Night of Silent Drums (1992) i. iii.12 These chieftains..were ambushing each other's war and hunting parties and turning their captives over to the slave factory at Accra. 2. A workshop, factory, or other establishment where workers are employed at very low wages or without pay for long hours and under poor conditions. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > types of workplace generally > [noun] > with long hours and low wages sweating-place1850 strapping-shop1851 black house1861 1912 Good Housek. Mag. Mar. 368/2 And the bosses! They hire such people to drive you! It's a regular slave factory. Not only your hands and your time, but your mind is sold. 1946 Nottingham Evening Post 16 Apr. 1/4 An underground slave factory..was established in the heart of a mountain near Minden, and was operated by 1,400 French and Russian slave workers. 2011 Times 14 May 39 (headline) ‘Slave’ factory raid bares dark side of the boom built on 17p a month. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1789 |
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