History of Slavery

For beginning writers about the beginnings of slavery and slavery generally , through history.


The definition of slavery:

Slavery is the relationship between people, groups of people or nations based on economic, legal , moral , ideological , political or religious dependence and obedience. In its narrow sense , is a formal institution of extreme dependency of one by another man who is the foundation of the social system called slavery .

Sound familiar economic, legal , moral , religious addiction?!?


The earliest source mentioning slavery is the Code of Hammurabi ( Mesopotamia , around 1800 BC) which shows that had already been widely disseminated and accepted.

History of slavery in the ancient world is closely connected with warfare. Sources from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, China, Maya civilization...
In many communities, the number of slaves is far exceeded the number of free people.

Throughout history, committed various attempts of liberation from the bondage of certain groups or the whole nation. Moses according to the Bible and the Torah out of Egypt all the Jewish people . This is probably the first recorded case of liberation from slavery.


He recently recorded a very good film on this subject with , Christian Bale in the lead role . the name of the film: The Exodus.

Slavery in the United States:

Slaves have played an extremely important role , especially in economic terms, in all societies of slavery . Such is the situation with countries such as Brazil , Bermuda , Cuba, Haiti , Jamaica, Dominican Republic and the United States . Importing slaves in the United States was banned in 1808 by which time they were already imported some 300,000 . All subsequent slaves were born in the US . Hostility between the slave-owning South and advanced north over the issue of slavery is considered one of the causes of the American Civil War 1861st.

Slavery is a major benefit to some people in the world : Slavers!!!


Do you think that with the money they earned thanks to the slavery they just gave up all this if not direct as in earlier times, then indirect , such as the case today , controlling our finances , schools , law ... To be continued...