The Color of Faith
Most religious traditions throughout the world have practiced slavery, in one form or another. The attempt by one group to dominate and exploit another, while perhaps present in our shared gene pool, has been sanctioned more often than not, through religious concepts....

The Man who Wrote Amazing Grace
Reflecting upon his involvement in the slave trade, rather than wallow in his guilt, he decided to do something about it. John Newton: The Slave Trader now became John Newton: the Abolitionist! Fueled by his faith, Newton zealously joined William Wilberforce in his campaign against the slave trade....

Slavery and Religion in America: Africa’s Unsung Legacy
Anti-slavery advocates as well as supporters of slavery both appealed to the Bible and Enlightenment natural philosophy as justification for their respective positions although ultimately the abolitionist cause along with national strife and civil war would end slavery in the US.

Everybody’s Gotta Serve Somebody
In some periods slaves were allowed to possess property and a few even owned land, houses, as well as considerable amounts of movable property. In addition, many slaves were engaged in trade, ran taverns and workshops, pawned and mortgaged their property and received property as security for loans.

Sacred Prostitutes and Temple Slaves:
Contrary to what our modern mindset might tell us, there was nothing shameful about being a hierodule from the point of view of many living in antiquity; they were "free from reproach," as Pindar puts it. The term itself means "temple slave," from the Greek noun doule (slave) and hieron, "sanctuary."...