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Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.

Slavery, though under modifications which rendered it little more than the apprenticeship of our day, was permitted under the Mosaic dispensation; but it is contrary to the whole tenor of Christianity; and a system which lowers man as an intellectual and responsible being is no less morally than politically wrong.

However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.

Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it exists all over the world.

Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

There was a uniqueness to the American case of slavery. 10 million people, a conservative estimate, were brought to America... hundreds of people were set up in work camps, and hereditary-forced labor was put in place. That's a very different thing than the personal slavery that existed elsewhere.