Slavery in ancient Greece
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Slavery in ancient Greece
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Slavery was a widely accepted practice in ancient Greece, as it was in contemporaneous societies. The principal use of slaves was in agriculture, but they were also used in stone quarries or mines, as domestic servants, or even as a public utility, as with the demosioi of Athens. Modern historiographical practice distinguishes between chattel slavery and land-bonded groups such as the penestae of Thessaly or the Spartan helots, who were more like medieval serfs. The chattel slave is an individua
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece
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2006-05-13T13:55:46Z
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2024-09-08T23:23:54Z
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