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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5868250" data-attributes="member: 24302">If we&#039;re talking Roman Empire there were free born citizens and there were those who bought their freedom.&nbsp; But by and large slaves were conquered people who did all the labor.&nbsp; Did things like educate the nobles children too.&nbsp; The Romans didn&#039;t treat all the slaves like field hands.&nbsp; But they were extremely harsh on any hint of revolt or disrespect.&nbsp; The Catholic Church actually codified the treatment of slaves.&nbsp; In the state of Chiapas in Mexico there&#039;s a nice small city called San Cristobal de las Casas.&nbsp; The de las Casas part comes from a Catholic Bishop who is revered locally because of his efforts to protect the local native population from the conquistadors who were very hard on the people.&nbsp; All through the Spanish Empire Native Americans were treated very harshly.&nbsp; The biggest silver mine ever found, Potosi in Boluvia, had over 6 million men die working the mine.&nbsp; Mostly Natives but some imported African slaves also.&nbsp; It was a harsh, brutal world with very often the only protections were the Dominican and Jesuit priests who admonished the authorities to treat the Natives better.&nbsp; I know you want to lay everything wrong in the world at the feet of Christians, but all through history since the beginning of the Church there are examples of Christians trying to make the world a better place.&nbsp; As well as those who used the Church to their own ends.&nbsp; Like anything human there was good and bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5868250, member: 24302"] If we're talking Roman Empire there were free born citizens and there were those who bought their freedom. But by and large slaves were conquered people who did all the labor. Did things like educate the nobles children too. The Romans didn't treat all the slaves like field hands. But they were extremely harsh on any hint of revolt or disrespect. The Catholic Church actually codified the treatment of slaves. In the state of Chiapas in Mexico there's a nice small city called San Cristobal de las Casas. The de las Casas part comes from a Catholic Bishop who is revered locally because of his efforts to protect the local native population from the conquistadors who were very hard on the people. All through the Spanish Empire Native Americans were treated very harshly. The biggest silver mine ever found, Potosi in Boluvia, had over 6 million men die working the mine. Mostly Natives but some imported African slaves also. It was a harsh, brutal world with very often the only protections were the Dominican and Jesuit priests who admonished the authorities to treat the Natives better. I know you want to lay everything wrong in the world at the feet of Christians, but all through history since the beginning of the Church there are examples of Christians trying to make the world a better place. As well as those who used the Church to their own ends. Like anything human there was good and bad. [/QUOTE]

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