Slavery and religion

By: Weston Hill Theoharis  

 
 

  Historically, slavery has been regulated, supported, or opposed on religious grounds. In Judaism, slaves were given a range of treatments and protections. They were to be treated as an extended family with certain protections, and they could be freed. They were property but could also own material goods. http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0059  

 
 

    Slavery was the foundation of American wealth, everything was extremely labor incessive. Christianity was used to justify slavery itself. They were regarded as property, forced to do anything. The bible indorses slavery. There is so much historical complication, the most critical thing I think is the word of slavery is a different way than the ancient world did.  

 
 

    Slavery has evolved for the past years. Slavery in the old testament is very clear that Israel is suffering. The slave trade sold them like cattle. Everyone went against the bible. It was practiced in the modern world.  Slavery in the roman empire, was an arrangement. They were very well educated. Slaves would teach others, make them smarter, slavemasters learned how to read. They started reading there bibles,etc.  

 
 

    Slavery in the ancient world was never racialized. It was a whole system that one group of people are somehow suited for these tasked, did not matter about color what so ever. Slavery in the bible, we are talking about something that was an economic arrangement. Back then a slave would mean a "brother". 

https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-anti-slavery-fair/  

 
 

    In the end, Slavery and religion has evolved so much as the years have gone by. It is quite interesting on how and truly why things have happened how they happened.