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A:There was no biblical punishment for owning slaves. The tenth commandment even prohibited one from coveting another's slaves (euphemistically translated into English in most Bibles as 'manservants' and 'maidservants'. However, the Old Testament encouraged slaveowners to treat Jewish slaves well.
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The Bible says that kidnappers should get the death penalty (Exodus 21:16). So the Bible actually condemns the slavery that The US participated in. Africans were kidnappe. Most of the slavery In scripture was used to pay for debts or crimes.

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