Plural of helotry; instances or systems of helot servitude, serfdom, or slave labor.
From helot plus -ries (forming plural nouns of state or condition). Helotry refers to the condition of being a helot or the practice of helot servitude.
Helotries reminds us that slavery and serfdom weren't single events but ongoing, systematic practices that shaped entire civilizations for generations.
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