'the founders being slaveholders is a matter of historical context' kind of falls down when several of the non-slaveholding founders (and Thomas Jefferson before he decided he loved money most) were going DON'T ENSLAVE PEOPLE YOU MONSTERS.
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On what grounds did the Achamenids oppose it, do you know?
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'Oppose' is a strong word; they left systems of slavery in place where they conquered. But it seems that slavery was not a prominent institution in pre-/Achaemenid Persia. I've seen it suggested that Zoroastrianism played a role, but don't have the expertise to evaluate the claim
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