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'I own you' is a slang term, or epithet, to suggest that one individual is indebted to another. This may be said as a form of intimidation or threat, or even blackmail.

If you take the semantics of the term, it could be perceived as an individual's statement regarding a slave. Throughout the world, where slave trafficking was prevalent, a slave trader might shout such an epithet to the individuals he just 'purchased' from a slave-trader.

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