When did slavery end in Greece?

Answer 1

Slavery was considered a very natural part of life in ancient Greece. Every family in Athens owned at least one salve. Slavery did not end in ancient times. When the Greek Empire collapsed, the Romans continued to have slaves. Although some slaves were freed on an individual basis, for the most part, freeing of slaves did not happen until thousands of years later.

Answer 2

641 AD

Answer 3

The Turkish owned Greeks as slaves until the Greek Revolution. Ottoman forces continued to control all the forts and strong strategic points of Crete, there was still tension until the first months of 1824.

After more than three years, immediately after the destruction of the Egyptian fleet at Navarino (October 1827), the Greek Revolutionary Administration first and then the governor Ioannis Kapodistrias favored the creation of revolutionary centers in different regions so that these could be included in the boundaries of the Greek Nation which were under negotiation. Thus the uprising in Crete was boosted and up to the end of 1828 successful operations legalized the Greek claims on the island although they could not achieve military prevalence. Two years later the Egyptian powers repressed once again the revolt in Crete.

In the following decades more revolts followed: 1833, 1841, 1858, 1866, 1878, 1895.

Crete was liberated in 1897 and it remained an Autonomous Principality under prince George of Greece. On December 1, 1913 the Union of Crete with Greece was finally achieved.