Question 1 This form of social stratification in which some people own other people is known as? A....

Question 1

• This form of social stratification in which some people own other people is known as?

• A. Caste System• B. Class System• C. Estate System• D. Slavery

Question 2

• Which of the following is not a factor of slavery?

• A. Debt• B. Supremacy• C. Crime• D. Conquest

Question 3

• As contracted labor slowly went away, a new type of slavery came about through what type of practice?

• A. Racism• B. Supremacy• C. Conquest• D. Debt

Question 4

• How are slaves look at in society?

• A. Equal to others in society• B. Inferior to all other parts of society• C. As part of their society• D. None of the above

Question 5

• What area of the world do we still see slave trafficking?

• A. Sudan and Nigeria• B. Ethiopia and Kenya• C. Egypt and South Africa• D. Cameroon and Chad

Slavery

It is a form of social stratification in which some people own other people.

Old Testament & the Koran has rules on how slaves should be treated.

Almost all societies have had slavery

Causes for Slavery• Slavery was not always based on racism• Slavery was based on three factors:1.Debt– People could be enslaved for not paying off their debt

2.Crime– Punishment for serious crimes would be enslavement

3.Conquest– People being captured through war would many times

be enslaved

Conditions of Slavery• Slavery was not always

what we think.• Slavery is seen as a

permanent – Some served short periods

of time or could buy out of it

• Slavery is inherited– Children may be adopted

• Slavery meant to powerless– Slave could own money and

other slaves (very rare)

Modern Day Slavery• Today there is a grey area of

between slavery and what is contracted

• Bonded Labor or Indentured Service

• As contracted labor became less available, people turned to a new type of slavery through racism

Modern Day Slavery

• Slave owners developed an ideology (how things ought to be that justify social arrangements

• Slaves seen as inferior and not human

• Slave states passed laws making slavery inheritable

• After the Civil War, discrimination would still be seen

Slavery Today

• Ivory Coast & Mauritania was still seen in these areas as late as the 1980’s

• Still reports in Sudan and Nigeria have slave trafficking

• 27 million people are slaves today