In ancient times slavery was very different. The slaves were treated in a very different manner. They actually had some certain rights . They had a right to engage in business and to acquire property. They could also buy their own freedom if they had the money.

Many different civilizations had slaves. The Summerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, and Chinese all had slavery. Two well-known civilizations that had slavery were the Greeks and Romans. In Greece, any citizen always had the prospect of becoming a slave. A Greek slave could become free if they did some great service for the state. They had to be elected to citizenship by more than 6,000 people. At any time a Greek person could become a slave of another. It could happen because anything. Greek children were sometimes sold into slavery. They had a lively slave trade. A Greek newborn inherited their status from their mother. Some of these things were bad b

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In 1562, Captain John Hawkins revolutionized the way slaves were captured. He would encourage slave wars, capture slaves by force, and burn down black villages. This resulted in the capturing of a lot of slaves. The male slaves were crammed tightly aboard a ship. They then set off for a voyage across the Atlantic. This was called the Middle Passage.

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