Posted: Nov 27, 2017 5:15 pm
No, if you control a person then they are not free to do as they please. Owning someone is not controlling them.
Owning someone does not mean they can't do as they please. If I had certificate that declared I owned someone, yet that person was still free to do as they please and had the same rights as me, that wouldn't be slavery. Conversely, I could argue that I'm a slave at my job, yet nobody owns me. Thus you and your best friend's premise that owning someone is slavery is false.