#history Slavery has been a general practice for all mankind throughout our existence. Not a single area of the planet is spared having practiced it. Their social and legal acceptance, with the support of all social classes, makes us question our moral condition.

One wonders how a man or a woman can end up being the legal material property of another. What is to be a slave, who is a slave and who is the slave, why. In this article I am going to look at another point that is key to understanding the subject: where did they come from.

Slavery in Ancient Societies
Technological development and geographical knowledge of the world significantly influenced the slave trade. Thus, during ancient times the origin of most used to be the neighboring areas (there are exceptions, of course).

Slavery