Did Israel have slavery

Answer 1

Ancient Israel did have slavery and it is presumed that such slavery occurred more or less at the verses in the Pentateuch describe it.

Modern Israel has never had nor intends to have slavery.

Answer 2

If you are asking whether any American Jews owned slaves during the era of slavery in the US, the answer is yes, but a very small number. Some Jews living in the south had house slaves, and a very few Jewish men owned field slaves. But the numbers were small because by and large, Jews in the south were a minority themselves and subjected to discrimination-- although they certainly had things better than black people did. Most estimates say that fewer than 2% of slaves in the south had Jewish owners. The vast majority of American slave-owners were Christian.

Answer 3

Yes. The Old Testament, and the New Testament both make reference to the ownership of slaves, who were not selected by color, but rather, purchased or from being won as plunder in a war. The New Testament says that slaves should obey their masters, for example. But The Bible also contained rules that said slave-owners must treat their slaves humanely. Slaves of Jewish birth were supposed to be offered their freedom after seven years, a privilege that did not belong to gentile slaves. But whether of Jewish or Gentile background, the rules were that slaves must be treated fairly, and not subjected to beatings, starvation, etc. Slavery was a part of life in biblical times, and many ethnic and religious groups owned slaves.

Answer 4

Yes.