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:Agreed. Thanks.[[User:Daniel1212|Daniel1212]] 21:52, 28 July 2009 (EDT)
:Agreed. Thanks.[[User:Daniel1212|Daniel1212]] 21:52, 28 July 2009 (EDT)
==Problem with opening definition==
The statement that "Slavery is involuntary servitude" is not fully accurate, unless you want to eliminate as slavery the form of slavery in which a person sells himself into it. Involuntary servitude by itself would also make every person drafted for the military a slave, while "the persons held in bondage are considered to be property", property is not set free due to a tooth broken by the owner, or prohibited from being returned if escaped, much less possibly requiring the death of the owner if he is killed, all of which was the case with slavery in the O.T. I think the intro should read something like, "Though slavery was not a monolithic institution, it is usually defined as being the involuntary servitude of a person by another, with the slave basically becoming property, or chattel, though [[slavery in the Bible]] provided some justice and amelioration not usually found in other forms of slavery.[[User:Daniel1212|Daniel1212]] 21:53, 20 August 2009 (EDT)