Why Do We Think Slavery is Evil?

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First of all, it is difficult to know without accurate information of what was really going on those millennia ago.

In those days, most of the 'slaves' may have been just as happy or happier as a 'slave' with room and board as long as they were treated well. Even if they were not 'slaves', and were working for someone, they may actually have been treated worse by an employer than a master and maybe not even have as good room and board as the slaves. They did not have unions in those days so, IMHO, six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Now days, how much better off is a minimum wage worker than a slave? Is slavery really gone?

The bible clearly states you can beat your slave as long as they don't die within a couple of days. (Slavery, not indentured servitude.) I think that alone seperates biblical slavery from any sort of current minimum wage work. Plus, someone can quit a minimum wage job and just walk away to do whatever else they want to do. So they're not anything like the same even if you're talking about some weird sort of "good" slavery which may or may not have ever existed. (Very unlikely in my opinion.)

I'm not suggesting they necessarily have any other great opportunities, but the point is they can walk away.