Abstract
The article presents the analysis of philosophical opinions on historical slavery. The understanding of slavery by the sages of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Modern Age has bee analyzed. It was stated that in the ancient world, it was firmly coined in social conscience and gave rise to no doubts concerning its legitimacy. For the first time in the history of the philosophical conception, the notion of spiritual slavery is formed in the Middle Ages. The issue of slavery acquires moral and ethical tome in the age of Renaissance, whereas the Modern Age represents it in the social and economical aspect. Marxism considers slavery as the main form of exploitation together with serfdom and wage labor.
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