History of Slavery - E-book - ePub

The beginning of slavery can be marked when humans beganto settle down. As cities and towns began to take shape andpeople began to conquer lands so that they could grow foodfor their people is when the concept of slavery began. Warsand battles were the time when slaves were taken and freelabour was used as household and field help. Besides the warsthe pirates also sold their captives as slaves for money andsometimes there were criminals who were given the punishmentto spend their lives as slaves.
Even a debt that couldn't bepaid on time would lead to servitude. Slavery was more evil inthe ancient civilizations as it would carry on for generations -a slave's child would automatically be a slave. However, mostfamilies prohibit the slaves from raising families. There wasslavery in every civilization but their positions in the respectivesocieties were quite different.