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#145 – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable

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Who is and is not a Slave

Slavery is a state that is regarded as a kind of a misfortune, rather than something that is natural and part of the human race./nThis is due to the fact that slavery is a creature of the laws of nations, and not of the natural order of things./nThis leads to the development of strong collective identities around who should be enslaved and who should not be enslaved, and this is especially important in the development of Christianity and Islam.

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