The practice of slavery has been common across a variety of cultures around the globe and throughout history.
This dichotomy, as originally proposed by ancient historian Moses Finley, assumes that there were just five \'genuine Slave societies\' in all of human history: ancient Greece and Rome, and the colon.
Despite the multiplicity of slavery\'s manifestations, many scholars have used a simple binary to categorize slave-holding groups as either \'genuine Slave societies\' or \'societies with slaves\'.
The practice of slavery has been common across a variety of cultures around the globe and throughout history