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Here is Thomas Souls 
introduction to slavery in his 

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book, applied economics, 
Thinking Beyond, stage 1, 

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chapter 2, free and unfree. 
Labor. 

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A student asked his history. 
Professor, where did slavery 

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come from? 
You're asking the wrong 

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question, the history Professor 
replied. 

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The real question is, where did 
Freedom Come From? 

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Slavery is one of the oldest and
most universal of all human 

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institutions slavery. 
He has existed among peoples 

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around the world as far back as 
recorded. 

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History goes and archaeological 
Explorations suggest that it 

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existed before human beings 
learned to write. 

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No one knows when slavery began.
It is the idea of freedom for 

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the great masses of ordinary 
people, that is relatively new 

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as history's measured. 
And this idea is by no means, 

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universally accepted around the 
world, even today sleeve. 

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He was Stamped Out Over most of 
the world during the course of 

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the 19th century, but it still 
survives here and there in the 

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21st century. 
Moreover. 

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There has been and still are 
other kinds of unfree labor 

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besides slavery. 
One of the many freedoms we take

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for granted today is the right 
to choose what kind of work we 

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will and will not do yet for 
many centuries. 

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There was no such choice for 
most people in most countries. 

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He's, if you were the son of a 
Shoemaker, then, your job would 

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be to make shoes. 
And if you were the daughter of 

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a farmer, there were a whole 
range of chores that you would 

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perform while growing up and a 
still larger range of domestic 

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responsibilities waiting for 
you, after marriage, the 

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difference between free and 
unfree, labor, and such times 

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was whether or not you were paid
for your work or were forced to 

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do it without financial 
compensation forced, laborers 

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might be temporary and range 
from Roger E. 

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In the fields of the nobility or
serving under the same Nobles in

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their military campaigns after 
what you were allowed to return 

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to your own farming or to your 
own work, people who were far 

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less fortunate were full-time 
and lifelong serfs or slaves. 

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With the status also being 
inherited by their children, 

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while Free Labor has become the 
norm in much of the world today,

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compulsory labor. 
It still survives, even in free 

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Democratic countries in such 
forms as military drafts and 

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compulsory jury duty outright 
slavery. 

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Still exists in a few other 
countries, such as neurasthenia,

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Sudan and Nigeria in remote 
parts of India. 

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Family members still remain in 
bondage over the generations 

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because of debts, contracted by 
some ancestor before. 

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They were born a situation. 
Sometimes called debt peonage 

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and some Times called simply 
slavery in one of its 

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variations, despite the sharp 
dichotomy between free and 

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unfree, labor in principle in, 
practice. 

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Those who are free May 
nevertheless, have many 

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restrictions imposed on them by 
laws and policies such as 

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requirements to get an 
occupational license or belong 

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to a labor union, in order to 
work in some occupations. 

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When, in fact, either Union 
memberships or the Necessary 

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licenses may be arbitrarily 
Limited in numbers. 

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The holy voluntary agreement 
between employer and employee in

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a free market exists as a model,
but not always as a reality. 

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The employers freedom to hire 
whoever will work for him is 

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heavily circumscribed by child 
labor laws, anti-discrimination 

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laws and other regulations and 
policies as well as by labor 

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union contracts at the other end
of the spectrum. 

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Even some Slaves had options, 
especially Urban slaves, many of

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whom chose that our own 
employers and simply shared 

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their earnings with slave owners
who let them exercise this 

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option. 
This practice existed as far 

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back, as ancient Greece, where 
some slaves lived and worked 

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away from their owners and 
simply paid to the owners, some 

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share of their earnings. 
Jason. 

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Brennan, says, any end. 
It turns out that renting a 

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slave to work your Plantation 
for one year could cost 10 

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times. 
Times as much as hiring an 

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Indian to grow cotton for you. 
In India slaves, weren't 

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particularly a good deal and 
were not particularly low cost 

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labor. 
This is in response to the claim

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that cheap labor made America 
Rich. 

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Of course, if he go back to the 
code of ur-nammu, 2,000 years, 

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before Christ was said to walk 
the face of the Earth. 

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They are talking about ways to 
treat your slave. 

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If a slave, mare is a sleeve and
That's leave a set free. 

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He does not leave the household.
If a slave marries. 

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A native IE 40 person he or she 
is to hand to the firstborn son 

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over to his owner slavery. 
Has in fact existed since the 

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beginning of time contrary to 
what the critical race Theory 

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rest--. 
Tell us today. 

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That slavery was invented by 
Thomas. 

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Jefferson in 1776. 
Thank you for watching Keith 

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Knight. 
Don't tread on anyone in the 

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libertarian Institute.