I must of forgot the part in history class that Slaves had a choice to be a slave or not.
“The word slave arrived in English via the
Old French sclave. In
Medieval Latin the word was sclavus and in
Byzantine Greek σκλάβος.
[11]Use of the word arose during the
Early Medieval Period, when
Slavs from Central and Eastern Europe (
Saqaliba) were frequently enslaved by
Moors from the
Iberian Peninsulaand North Africa.
[12][13][14]”
“The word "slavery" has also been used to refer to a legal state of dependency to somebody else.
[28][29] For example, in
Persia, the situations and lives of such slaves could be better than those of common citizens.
[30]”
“Indenture, otherwise known as bonded labour or debt bondage, is a form of unfree labour under which a person pledges himself or herself against a loan. The services required to repay the debt, and their duration, may be undefined. Debt bondage can be passed on from generation to generation, with children required to pay off their progenitors' debt.
[24] It is the most widespread form of slavery today.
[25] Debt bondage is most prevalent in South Asia.
[24] Money marriage refers to a marriage where a girl, usually, is married off to a man to settle debts owed by her parents.
[26]The
Chukri System is a
debt bondage system found in parts of
Bengal where a female can be coerced into
prostitution in order to pay off debts.
[27]”
“The word slavery is often used as a pejorative to describe any activity in which one is coerced into performing. Some argue that
military drafts and other forms of coerced government labour constitute "state-operated slavery."
[40][41] Some
libertarians and
anarcho-capitalists view government taxation as a form of slavery.
[42]”
"Slavery" has been used by some
anti-psychiatry proponents to define involuntary psychiatric patients, claiming there are no unbiased physical tests for mental illness and yet the psychiatric patient must follow the orders of the psychiatrist. They assert that instead of chains to control the slave, the psychiatrist uses drugs to control the mind.
[43]Drapetomania was a psychiatric diagnosis for a slave who did not want to be a slave.
[44][45]”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery
you remember when the moors came and enslaved the east euros and the word became popular when you learned history ? Is that what you mean ? Or when the Portuguese began importing African slaves to South America in the 15th and 16th centuries? What part of history are you referring to that you learned ?
