Book Review: Slavery Yesterday and Today, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Sep 28, 2023

When Americans think of slavery they typically have in mind the slavery in the American South, especially in the nineteenth century, which was one of several differences between North and South leading to the American Civil War. I suspect many Europeans also think of slavery in terms of the American experience.

That would be a mistake. Slavery has been a significant feature of life in the world as far back as human records go (with the exception of the first few chapters of the book of Genesis). It has and continues to have many forms: Enslavement of those of one race by those of another race (a practice actually made more likely by Critical Race Theory); enslavement of those of one religion by those of another (here the overwhelming contemporary example is Islamic enslavement of Christians wherever ISIS holds sway and by abduction in Sudan, a practice amply justified by the Koran) ….

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