Modern Day Slavery In The Ancient World

Slavery is the ownership of one human being by another human. Slavery in the ancient world was very common among the Egyptians, Persians, Israelites, Sumerians, and Assyrians. They all were involved in slavery. Even ancient China and India was involved in slavery. In the Ancient World slavery was sometimes inherited, slaves were property passed down genetically. As the Ancient World became more advanced, slavery became a huge industry. Buying and selling slaves became a way of living. Some people sold their kids or even sold themselves into slavery so that they could survive and not die of starvation. Throughout this paper I will explain the difference and similarities of slavery in Egypt and modern day slavery. Also is there slavery still going on in Egypt today?
“Slavery in the Americas was justified by racist ideology. Many scholars as well as the wider public believe that black Africans were enslaved because they viewed by whites as inferiors” . There is some controversy about if there was ever slavery in ancient Egypt. In the Old Testament Genesis 37 it says that Joseph was sold into slavery and was sent to Egypt and sold him to an officer of the Pharaoh named Potiphar. Egypt was influenced by Mesopotamia because of their increasing civilization. Most of the slaves that were in Egypt were Hebrews who left Europe because of the drought, or they were law violators, or they sold themselves into
Slavery in the United States was way more violent and aggressive then slavery in Egypt. The difference is that how slavery started in the United States is that Africans were snatched and manipulated out of their homes to be brought to another country and be dehumanized. Whereas slavery in Egypt they had more freedom to work to repay their debt. The similarities is that modern day slavery slaves were brought or traded for goods and weapons, and slavery in Egypt they became servants to repay their