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Since when did slavery not involve kidnapping? Slavery isn't defined as an inherently legal practice, it simply was legal in some places at some times. The se
by justizin 11y ago
Since when did slavery not involve kidnapping?
Slavery isn't defined as an inherently legal practice, it simply was legal in some places at some times.
The secondarily linked story does also talk about local law enforcement being involved, so that is at least condoned "in a way", not "not in any way".
- mentat 11y agoSlavery doesn't involve kidnapping if there is a legal framework for selling people (which by definition isn't kidnapping).
- 1stop 11y agoAre you talking about people born into slavery? Like from slave parents. Because the transition from non slave to slave is some form of kidnapping/trafficking. The conversion of something to property is almost always a theft of some sort.
- gherkin0 11y agoI think the Romans could sell their family members into slavery to pay off debts, etc.
- peterfirefly 11y agoOr themselves.
- nl 11y agoDebt slavery[1] doesn't involve kidnapping (by any conventional definition). It's probably the most common kind of slavery these days. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_bondage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_bondage
- mc32 11y agoThere are people in the South Asian sub continent as well as SEAsia where families will sell other members into slavery for varying economic and social reasons. It involves no kidnapping. Sometimes it's for very menial and manual labor (tea picking, for example, next time someone enjoys some Assam tea) or are later sold into human trafficking rings.