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People are not legitimate property unless enslaved for crimes or via provisions in a contract( such as a loan where somebody puts themselves up for collateral) in no case is it legitimate for someone to be born into slavery.

[Corin Stormhands]

People are not legitimate property unless enslaved for crimes or via provisions in a contract( such as a loan where somebody puts themselves up for collateral) in no case is it legitimate for someone to be born into slavery.

Slavery was legally recognized. Whether it was "legitimate" or not is another story. But it was the law.