Slavery as an institution has plagued humanity since before recorded history and in one form or another is still with us today. The Sumerians, Egyptians, Assyrians and Hittites, along with every culture that followed them for the next 3,000 years, were slave holders. The Greeks, Romans, Persians, Mongols, Chinese, and Vikings likewise made slavery part and parcel of their everyday life. As a practice it knew no geographic boundaries and was commonplace among the Indigenous…