A brief history of time: Slavery and such.

[martybegan]

it can be and was both, how do you figure it can not be both

Because they are two different forms of slavery.

 

[elektra]

Because they are two different forms of slavery.

That does not mean that both can not be practiced at the same time.

 

[martybegan]

That does not mean that both can not be practiced at the same time.

True, but from my reading chattel slavery as implemented from the 1500's to the 1600's wasn't a concept in Rome.

Slaves were class slaves, people, but subservient to the higher classes, not owned property.

 

[elektra]

True, but from my reading chattel slavery as implemented from the 1500's to the 1600's wasn't a concept in Rome.

Slaves were class slaves, people, but subservient to the higher classes, not owned property.

okay, we are speaking of specific time period. thank you

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

That does not mean that both can not be practiced at the same time.

You are right is you have a despised racial element seen as chattel and other ethnic groups seen as a lower class but not despised.

I firmly agree with the comment about Rome, and would extend that to the Alexandrian, Persian, and Hellenic civilizations, where slavery was class not chattel. Class could be, but not always, cruel. Consider the Roman slave quarries and mines and oared ships as an example.