In addition to the other answers, consider slavery in the
distant past. In ancient times, slavery was more like indentured servanthood in some
cultures. That meant that slaves were only "temporary" and that once they paid off their
debt, or a family debt, they were freed. This is evident in the Bible where there are
many instructions for slaves to obey their masters. Slavery was not the same as in later
times. Slaves were more like servants.
Many of the African
cultures understood slavery to be only temporary, so when they at first sold off their
own slaves, prisoners from other tribes usually captured in war (usually but not
always), they expected that it would only be temporary. They did not expect that the
slaves would be thrown onto a slave ship and brought to another country, oceans away,
never to be seen again and never to be free again.
There
are various types of slavery as well, even today. In some countries in the former Soviet
Union, women and men alike are used as sex slaves. This is also true in some Asian
countries. Plus, in places like Darfur and other oppressed African nations, people from
other tribes and other religions are being enslaved by opposing groups and outlaw
groups.
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