The Bible, the 10 Commandments for instance, endorses slavery. The 10th commandment says, that you should not covet your neighbors field or your neighbors ox, or your neighbors slaves. According to the 10th commandment, God has no problem with people owning slaves he just has a problem with people coveting the slaves of somebody else.
for - example - no self-correcting mechanism in religion - 10th commandment and slaves
A NorthCarolina proprietor, John Colleton, observed in Barbados that poor whiteswere called “white slaves” by black slaves; it struck him that the samecontempt for white field hands prevailed in the southern colonies in NorthAmerica.47
The Untold Stories of the Women Who Led Slave Revolts Their inspiring acts of resistance were ignored or erased for centuries—until now.
At last we came in sight of the island of Barbadoes, at which the whites on board gave a great shout, and made many signs of joy to us.
When the slaves had finally arrived to Barbados on the boat, all were so relieved and joyous to be at their destination.
Hiring-day at the south takes place on the 1st of January.