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Line 2: − − Legally, the slave had limited rights. For example, it was a crime in the American South to kill or maim a slave, except in self-defense. − − In the American South, slavery normally was a lifetime condition, and children born to slave mothers automatically became slaves of the owner.
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was a legal economic system with involuntary servitude, such that the people held in bondage must work for their owner, and can be bought and sold (see [[slave trade]]).
was a legal economic system with involuntary servitude, such that the people held in bondage must work for their owner, and can be bought and sold (see [[slave trade]]).
In human history, slavery originated when people were captured in warfare. Secondarily, slavery resulted when some able-bodied people became so poor through debts that some wealthy people claimed them as property at least until they worked off their debts. The [[Year of Jubilee]] was instituted by God for His own nation in order to prevent slavery from becoming a means by which cleverly unscrupulous, or cleverly ignorant, people made a living, such as happened in the American South.
In human history, slavery originated when people were captured in warfare. Secondarily, slavery resulted when some able-bodied people became so poor through debts that some wealthy people claimed them as property at least until they worked off their debts. The [[Year of Jubilee]] was instituted by God for His own nation in order to prevent slavery from becoming a means by which cleverly unscrupulous, or cleverly ignorant, people made a living, such as happened in the American South.