Is the ownership of one person by force.

- Slavery.

Explanation:

Slavery is exemplified as the social practice in which the humans are owned as material or property forcefully. In such a practice, the humans(especially laborers) were brutally exploited and oppressed for economic gain and owned as a commodity by the owner who possessed all the rights to afflict and suppress them and their rights inhumanly. Thus, 'slavery' would be described as the system of owning a person(or many) by force and power.

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.