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Very interesting. I remember reading (I think it was in the book Debt) about ancient Greece and its slaves, with lots of similar stories.

Apparently slaves there were not considered inferior, anyone could end up in that situation. For example, the often lauded Epictetus was a slave.

> anyone could end up in that situation

What do you mean by this? The wealthiest and most influential of ancient Greek society could also end up as slaves in their own communities?

Muslims took christians as slaves and viceversa. So if you ended in the wrong ship boarded by pirates you could become a slave

Even during the conquer of the muslin kingdom of Granada a lot of the citizens were sold as slaves.