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What (who) is galley slave - definition
Galley slave
![A painting of the 1571 [[Battle of Lepanto]] in the [[Ionian Sea]], where both sides relied on tens of thousands of slaves, prisoners or convicts as oarsmen.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Battle of Lepanto 1571.jpg?width=200 "A painting of the 1571 [[Battle of Lepanto]] in the [[Ionian Sea]], where both sides relied on tens of thousands of slaves, prisoners or convicts as oarsmen.")
![A ''réale'' galley belonging to the Mediterranean fleet of [[Louis XIV]], the largest galley force of the late 17th century; oil on canvas, c. 1694](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The réale returning to port.jpg?width=200 "A ''réale'' galley belonging to the Mediterranean fleet of [[Louis XIV]], the largest galley force of the late 17th century; oil on canvas, c. 1694")
HISTORICAL PROFESSION
Galley-slave; Galley slaves; Galley-slaves; Galley slavery
A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley, either a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar (French: galérien), or a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned to the duty of rowing.
Galley Slave
HISTORICAL PROFESSION
Galley-slave; Galley slaves; Galley-slaves; Galley slavery
"Galley Slave" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, originally published in the December 1957 issue of Galaxy; it was later included in the collections The Rest of the Robots and The Complete Robot. Asimov identified it as his favorite among those of his robot stories featuring the character of Susan Calvin.
Slave rebellion
![[[Demerara rebellion of 1823]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plate 10 The Indians (cropped).jpg?width=200 "[[Demerara rebellion of 1823]]")
ARMED UPRISING BY SLAVES
Slave rebellions; Slave uprising; Slave revolt; Slave rising; Slave revolts; Slave uprisings; Slave Rebellion; Slave insurrection; Slave resistance; Slave revolution; Rebellion of slaves; Arm the slaves; Slave Rebellions
A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by enslaved people, as a way of fighting for their freedom. Rebellions of enslaved people have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery or have practiced slavery in the past.
Examples of use of galley slave
1. Putin claimed he worked ‘like a galley slave‘ before he stepped down Even more explosively, the authors claim the Kremlin has created a "friends–of–Putin" oil export monopoly, not to mention a secret "slush fund" to reward the faithful.
2. Just before he stood down as President, Putin declared: "I have worked like a galley slave throughout these eight years, morning til night, and I have given all I could to this work.
3. The other odds and sods were done days ago, in a single, 15–minute swoop: cranberry sauce (cranberries, sugar, spice, water, heat), bread sauce (bread, onion, cloves, milk, heat) and gravy (giblets, flour, wine, drippings, heat). And, best of all, once that lot is down and doing digestive battle with the preprandial sherry, our galley slave is blessed by the curious fact that Christmas pudding is the only foodstuff known to Man that is at its finest when zapped in a microwave.
4. But even so I should have been fitter than Sharon, who takes no exercise, save taking her clothes on and off, and seems to exist, as far as I can see, on a diet of gin, lager, Golden Virginia, genetically engineered marijuana, Doritos, Tic–Tacs, fireman’s hoses and the occasional crack pipe. (Because she is strongly in favour of animal rights, she calls this a vegetarian diet.) Yet I, currently as well–acquainted with the ergonomically designed handle of a Concept 2 rowing machine as a galley slave with his oar, was puffed out long before Sharon.