Reply To: Slavery in the Torah?

HaLeiVi: Come on. That’s not what the Gemara in Gittin says. The Gemara is only attempting to figure out what he wants most so that we can know the technical details of “Zachin L’adam Shelo B’fanav”. Also, you misrepresent it when you say “care-free”. The Gemara means that an Eved K’na’ani of a Yisrael would rather not be freed so that he doesn’t get the Ol Mitzvos (specifically that he’d be Assur to live with a Shifcha). It tells us nothing of the rights or desired of an Eved K’na’ani of a Goy. All we know is that a Goy can’t kill his Eved. Nothing more.