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Pastimes : Ask God
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To: mark silvers who wrote (20793)9/15/1998 5:43:00 PM
From: Sidney Reilly  Read Replies (1) of 39621
 
Read Leviticus 25:35-46 to see a little of what God outlined concerning slavery. An Israelite could not have another Israelite as a slave. But an Israelite could purchase slaves from other peoples and countries. Deuteronomy 15:12-18. God made rules to make the practice better for the slave. I imagine slaves were an economic reality. Slavery in the terms of those times was different than what we think about it today in the USA. Slaves then seemed to go into service willingly to avoid poverty and maybe starving to death or were sold for debts. We think of slavery today as people being stolen and sold against there will. I'm sure that happened back then too, but it seems there were different ways then to become a slave. There were indentured servants in the new world who were indebted for seven years for there passage from England, then they were freed. That is a form of slavery, but not the kind we know happened to africans that we are repulsed by today. Indentured servitude even seems harsh by todays standards but those were the realities of the times. People expected it and were not used to having "rights". Harsh realities in harsh times. We live very pampered lives today, that's for sure.

Imagine if instead of declaring bankrupcy today you became a slave for seven years to your debtor's. People would work harder to pay up, wouldn't they.
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