Lyle Solla-Yates on Nostr: The American Founders were aware of the practice recorded in Ancient Greece and Rome, ...

The American Founders were aware of the practice recorded in Ancient Greece and Rome, but that was very different from what would come later, generally with a time limit and no connection to birth or race. Ironically the birthplace of democracy had really a lot of enslavement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece