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A 5-page paper examining patterns in the institution of slavery in civilizations from ancient to the 21st century. Includes conclusions about what 21st century Americans can learn from these patterns. References list 4 sources.
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its acceptance through various periods of history, the institution of slavery has in one way or another remained almost a constant in human society. In examining the various civilizations and
their use of and relationship with slavery, it is possible to discern patterns in its implementation and to see what those patterns have to teach us in the 21st century
about the human condition. If we take time to examine those patterns and the lessons they teach us about humanity and of ourselves as we move into the 21st
century, it is possible that we can glean some information that can help to keep us from making some of the same mistakes as those made by our ancestors, and
to avoid falling into the patterns that served them so poorly. Slavery is so ancient an institution that it is hard to pin down its origins. Certainly we know that
the Mesopotamians owned and traded slaves some 10,000 years ago. Slavery was, in fact, ubiquitous throughout the ancient world seemingly as soon as tribes of men ceased the hunter-gatherer existence
and settled down into cities (Anonymous, 2001). There were isolated efforts at abolition, such as Jewish groups like the Essenes and Therapeutae, but for the most part slavery was not
only tolerated and accepted, but also embraced as part of daily life (Anonymous, 2001). In most early societies, slavery seems to have started as a natural outgrowth of war. Captives
were taken as slaves and sold or used for labor on family farms or in cities. The Greeks, with their love of conquest and seemingly endless innovation, were the first
to institutionalize slavery on a national scale. They began using slaves in commercial cotton production, and they proved so successful that before long they were actually making war on neighboring
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