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[Mav]

I wouldn't claim great knowledge in this area, but that type of slavery (bond servant) is one type, but there are others, e.g chattel slaves. There are various rules and stipulations for Israelites and non Israelitles, wives, offspring etc. that are probably beyond the scope of a football forum.

Yep, there are many twists and turns. But it’s amazing that there’s no point-blank declaration in the Bible that slavery is evil. As you noted, that gave slavers wiggle room in the US and England to continue their trade. Ironically, Texas is now banning any reference to slavery or racism in schools now as they might cause distress to white folk. Textbooks can’t refer to Africans being kidnapped by slavers for sale in the US - apparently, they’ll be referred to as involuntary relocations. I’d love to hear religious folk trying to explain away this peculiar shortcoming in the Bible, but only if I could shut them up after they flail away for a little while.