Was there opposition to slavery in the ancient world?

by Jerswar

Slavery in various forms seems to be about as old as mankind. But do we know if people in ancient cultures like Greece, Rome and Ancient China ever had moral misgivings about it? Or did such empathy simply not exist in a harsher, more brutal age with narrower margins of survival?

Zaldarie

I asked a very similar question a while back, right here. The answer provided by /u/colorfulpony might be helpful to you, even though it is limited to the Roman Empire.