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| <blockquote>In the West Indies in particular, but also in North and South America, slavery was the engine that drove the mercantile empires of Europe. The institution was as old as time - finding explicit sanction in the Bible, and in the glory days of Greece and Rome - and had flourished, in its modern form, for two hundred years. It appeared, in the eighteenth century, as universal and immutable as human nature. [5]</blockquote> | | <blockquote>In the West Indies in particular, but also in North and South America, slavery was the engine that drove the mercantile empires of Europe. The institution was as old as time - finding explicit sanction in the Bible, and in the glory days of Greece and Rome - and had flourished, in its modern form, for two hundred years. It appeared, in the eighteenth century, as universal and immutable as human nature. [5]</blockquote> |
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− | The [[English]] [[word]] slave derives - through Old French and Medieval [[Latin]] - from the medieval word for Slavic people of Central and Eastern Europe, who were the last ethnic group to be captured and enslaved in Central Europe.[6][7] For thousands of years, according to Adam Smith and Auguste Comte, a slave was principally defined as a captive or prisoner of [[war]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery] | + | The [[English]] [[word]] slave derives - through Old French and Medieval [[Latin]] - from the medieval word for Slavic people of Central and Eastern Europe, who were the last ethnic group to be captured and enslaved in Central Europe.[6][7] For thousands of years, according to Adam Smith and Auguste Comte, a slave was principally defined as a captive or prisoner of [[war]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery] |
| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
| *1. Severe toil like that of a [[slave]]; heavy labour, hard [[work]], drudgery. | | *1. Severe toil like that of a [[slave]]; heavy labour, hard [[work]], drudgery. |
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| *4. The [[fact]] of slaves existing as a [[class]] in a [[community]]; the keeping of slaves as a [[practice]] or institution. | | *4. The [[fact]] of slaves existing as a [[class]] in a [[community]]; the keeping of slaves as a [[practice]] or institution. |
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− | The modern [[idea]] of [[sex]] equality is [[beautiful]] and worthy of an expanding [[civilization]], but it is not found in [[nature]]. When might is right, man lords it over woman; when more [[justice]], [[peace]], and [[fairness]] prevail, she gradually emerges from slavery and obscurity. Woman's social position has generally varied inversely with the degree of militarism in any nation or age.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper84.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper84.html&line=108#mfs] | + | The modern [[idea]] of [[sex]] equality is [[beautiful]] and worthy of an expanding [[civilization]], but it is not found in [[nature]]. When might is right, man lords it over woman; when more [[justice]], [[peace]], and [[fairness]] prevail, she gradually emerges from slavery and obscurity. Woman's social position has generally varied inversely with the degree of militarism in any nation or age.[https://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper84.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper84.html&line=108#mfs] |
| ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69#69:8._SLAVERY_AS_A_FACTOR_IN_CIVILIZATION Slavery as a Factor in Civilization] | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69#69:8._SLAVERY_AS_A_FACTOR_IN_CIVILIZATION Slavery as a Factor in Civilization] |