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Self-enslavement, or Voluntary Slavery is the condition of slavery freely entered into, such as selling oneself. In ancient times this was a common way for impoverished people to provide subsistence for themselves or their family and provision was made for this in law.

In ancient times one of the most direct ways to become a Roman or Greek citizen was by means of a self-sale contract. The laws surrounding Roman and Greek manumission (the act of a slave owner releasing his or her slaves), made it quite possible for such erstwhile slaves to then become citizens or near-citizens themselves. In medieval Russia, self-sale was the main source of slaves.

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