JMich: So, how far back will I have to go? And did my family own slaves or were slaves themselves, or did the community my family lived in owned/were slaves?
Greece was occupied (for quite a bit of time) but I don't recall there being any slavery, unless we go a couple of milenia back, in which case we may be talking about a different species, depending on how you define a species.
So, which part of my family took place in slavery, and how long ago?
MarioFanaticXV: Your ancestry goes back far beyond recent memory. I can't say how far back you personally would have to go to trace it, that's something you'd have to trace your own family history to find out, for some people, it may only be a few hundred years, for others, it might be as much as a thousand years. But you have to realize that the only laws in the entire world banning slavery are no more than a few hundred years old.
Its true, we don't know the half of it. I used to think I was well informed cuz I watched da history documentreez. One has to dig a tad deeper than that ...
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