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So many people have very different definitions on what a slave is. In the dictionary, as a noun, the word means, a person who belongs to and is completely subject to another; one who is under the influence or domination of a person or thing; drudge; slave ant; system that serves another computer that is connected to it. As a verb a slave is working excessively hard. Slaves are property of another human being and forced to obey their master. In Hammurapi’s code of law the slaves were treated as such. Hammurapi’s code of law was written in the twenty-five hundreds B.C. All of these laws were a little harsh. The laws dealing with the slaves were just as bad as the rest.
If a man or woman slave is taken out of the city gates he or she shall be put to death. This law is a little unfair considering a person is the one taking the slave out of the cities gates why not they be punished. The slaves were just following their masters. The slaves were treated unfairly but there......

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