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Not to detract from your point, but > So if freedom from slavery. So? It's actually not, whether you're talking about individual freeing of slaves (which has
by saraid216 13y ago
Not to detract from your point, but
> So if freedom from slavery. So?
It's actually not, whether you're talking about individual freeing of slaves (which has basically been a thing since slavery was instituted at all) or nation-scale emancipations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline
- rodelrod 13y agoA careful reading of that timeline and its sources shows that all the "emancipations" listed before the 18th century are highly localized and/or short-lived, so I would agree that the widespread concept of freedom from slavery as an inalienable right is fairly modern.