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In the time of Christ slavery was woven into the fabric of everyday ‘civilised’ living. Christ accepted the structure of society in His day and there is no evidence that He particularly  opposed it. The only thing we can be certain of is that Our Lord did not differentiate between slaves and freemen insofar as they were children of God and as St Paul tells us that though they existed in the social order they did not exist in the eyes of God. It is also evident from Scripture that Christian Slave-owners were expected to treat their slaves as ‘brothers’ rather than chattels.
The modern Church’s declarations against slavery applies to ‘trafficking’ in human beings, the ‘Slave Trade’ as happened in recent and modern times.
Being a slave did not preclude one from accepting the gift of salvation, thus we venerate today many Christian Saints who were themselves, slaves.