Biblical Slavery
Slavery is a pretty touchy subject these days, especially in America. For a couple of hundred years, Americans owned slaves of various skin colors and nationalities. From Irish to African to American indians, to Chinese, all of them were slaves in America at one time or another, and all of them owned slaves of their own. Slavery has been in existence since practically the beginning of time, and every people that has ever lived has owned slaves. We tend to treat slavery like it was something that was only done to Africans by white Americans, but that’s so far from the truth it’s laughable. I’m serious. Slavery is nothing new, and it is still being practiced around the world to this very day, even in America. Thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked around the globe every day, mainly for the sex trade. It’s a very disturbing fact of life, but even worse than this is the soft slavery the citizens of almost every nation around the globe experience as a part of daily life ...