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How and why was the Roman Empire able to maintain a Slave State that prioritized the cultivation of educated slaves while a place like the antebellum South would consider this not only impossible but also suicidal?

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Has the concept/definition of usury (as a sin) changed since the biblical era or has its understanding remained fairly consistent?

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Throughout history was it more common for Slave States to educate their slaves (to elevate their value) or was it more common to actively keep them as ignorant as possible?

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How and why was the Roman Empire able to maintain a Slave State that prioritized the cultivation of educated slaves while a place like the antebellum South would consider this not only impossible but also suicidal?	27
Has the concept/definition of usury (as a sin) changed since the biblical era or has its understanding remained fairly consistent?	9
Throughout history was it more common for Slave States to educate their slaves (to elevate their value) or was it more common to actively keep them as ignorant as possible?	1