Slavery in Ancient Greece

          I wanted to talk about how the slaves in Greece were not usually foreigners. Slaves were most commonly Greek themselves.This is surprising to hear because you would think that all the Greeks thought of themselves equally, but the social status was very important. When a family had a child that they could not afford, or if they simply needed money, they were able to put that child for sale as a slave. Another way Greeks were forced into slavery is being kidnapped or captured. After a war, the prisoners were sold as slaves. This is interesting because these slaves were born free. It's more common to hear of slaves having children that live life with the same social status.

            Although it was more common to have one slave per family, those with farms, factories, or mines used slaves as workers to save money. The slaves were a huge importance to ancient Greece's agriculture, which is said to be the foundation of the Greek economy. During the 5th and 6th centuries there were estimated about eighty thousand slaves in Greece. This was a large increase caused by the selling of all the war prisoners from the War of Decelea. 

sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece

http://quatr.us/greeks/people/slaves.htm

http://study.com/academy/lesson/slavery-in-ancient-greece.html