Slavery is a European word. Natives had no such word, nor concept of 
slavery, especially in the European context. A person who was captured and 
taken to a tribe, might hold lesser status, but they were not slaves for 
life. Europeans taught in churches and institutions that slavery was 
ordained by God. Natives had no such teaching, nor belief. In fact in the 
early stages of slavery, it was the Natives who assisted slaves in escaping.

Anita


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>Subject: Re: Islamic Slavery (was Re: Slavery and immoral stance, etc.)
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:43:35 EDT
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>Let's not forget that the Native Americans (so called) were themselves  
>slave
>owners.
>
>J South
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