But in ancient NTS, the path into slavery was varied and in many cases voluntary. Lecturer in American Studies, University of Virginia. Identify common problems, needs and behaviors of people from similar and different environments and cultures. A Difference In the Motive Behind Slavery Almost the entire 12.5 million captured Africans were brought to the Americas as enslaved, not indentured people. Taking blame from the buyer of slaves, and placing it on the seller, distorts history. Kelley Fanto Deetz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. -In most instances not a permanent life duty. This was nothing like the race-based chattel slavery that grew with the transatlantic trade, which guaranteed a lifetime term and the further enslavement of one’s children. Involuntary Hebrew and Gentile Criminals in Restitution Look at just a few of the legal requirements for the treatment of slaves: Slaves were not to be treated harshly. Proverbs 26:3 This book teaches readers ten principles of cold-case investigations and applies these strategies to investigate the claims of the gospel authors. Race was used to categorize different groups of people based on skin color, and to stratify the different groups into distinct class structures. While there has been much praise for the project’s recasting of American history, it has been given a chilly reception by others. Slaves were allowed to make a decision about whether or not they would stay with their masters: Exodus 21:5 Slaves in the Old World were NOT necessarily associated with lowest class in society. On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding (whether a slave or not). Slavery has been a fixture of the world since time immemorial. Voluntary Permanent Hebrew Servants The millions of enslaved men, women and children were sold into a land where their skin color became a brand that kept them, and all of their children, enslaved for generations. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); J. Warner Wallace - Cold Case Christianity, Four Differences Between New Testament Servitude and New World Slavery. They were to be treated humanely and with respect: Leviticus 25:43, 46, 53 It was much worse than what normally existed in the Old World. If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, then it shall be if the wicked man (a non-slave) deserves to be beaten, the judge shall then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of stripes according to his guilt. British people, do you wish that the UK had stayed out of World Wars I and II? It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the LORD your God will bless you in whatever you do.