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Captivity, or being held captive, is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely. An example in humans is imprisonment. Prisoners of war are usually held in captivity by a government hostile to their own. Animals are held in captivity in zoos, and often as pets and as ...
A barracoon simplified the slave trader's job of keeping the people destined for slavery alive and in captivity, with the barracks being closely guarded and the captives being fed and allowed exercise. [2] [3] The barracoons varied in size and design, from small enclosures adjacent to the businesses of European traders to larger protected ...
Detainee is a term used by certain governments and their armed forces to refer to individuals held in custody, such as those it does not classify and treat as either prisoners of war or suspects in criminal cases. It is used to refer to "any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed force." [5] More generally, it means "someone held in ...
Chevaux de frise: sword blades chained together to incapacitate people trying to charge into a breach in the walls. Investment: surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape. Military mining, undermining of defence positions either fortifications or enemy front line trenches (see also camouflet). Parallel trenches
Captivity narratives are usually stories of people captured by enemies whom they consider uncivilized, or whose beliefs and customs they oppose. The best-known captivity narratives in North America are those concerning Europeans and Americans taken as captives and held by the indigenous peoples of North America.
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum.
German POWs: held by the USAs: 11,000,000 total (with 1,600,000 captured by the Americans, and 2,400,000 by the British). [ 17 ] : 67 425,000 in the USA territory; [ 18 ] more than 400,000 in British and Commonwealth territory; [ 19 ] 2.8 million held by Western custody by April 30, 1945 [ 20 ] : 185 (and close to 7 million in the months after ...
Tiger kidnapping occurs when a person is kidnapped, and the captor forces them to commit a crime such as robbery or murder. The victim is held hostage until the captor's demands are met. The term originates from the usually long preceding observation, like a tiger does when stalking prey.