Slavery (the treatment of humans as chattel) and enslavement through conquest, birth, gender, race, ethnicity, kinship, and exploitation of indebtedness have been an intrinsic part of human societies.
Controversial and contested estimates indicate that up to 40 million people worldwide are enslaved today. But should we think of these people as enslaved? And, if so, is slavery an inevitable part of the human condition?
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