(November 14, 2017 at 12:08 pm)Astreja Wrote: The word "slavery" implies that it is involuntary. One common dodge is to equivocate slavery with contracted service. However, in the Bible these servants are often beaten. There are also rules regarding how beating a servant to death should or should not be punished, and preventing a servant with a family from gaining freedom if he has a family (he can go, but they have to stay).
Looks like involuntary all the way down.
It would have been so easy for a law that outlawed it completely.
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'
