the Timpanogos, resulting in the Battle at Fort Utah, where many Timpanogos women and children were taken into slavery. Some were able to escape, but many died in slavery. After expanding into Parowan, Mormons attacked a group of Indians, killing around 25 men and taking the women and children as slaves. Slavery in Asia Philippines Spaniards considered it legitimate to enslave non-Christian captives from wars and trade them legally in the past. This is because they did not consider this as an uncivilized and unchristian act because they believed that men were not created equal and the inferior men may be ruled by the superior ones. Christians, however, were anticipated to show sympathy to the people suffering and this made some masters free their slaves. A lot of them apprenticed their slaves so they could still work under their supervision once they were freed. There were two major types of slaves: the who were Africans purchased from Portugal, and the who were Moros taken from wars. They were usually sold in public auctions. People from both the middle and the upper classes bought them, as well as the clergy. See also History of slavery Islamic views on slavery Slavery in ancient Greece Slavery in ancient Rome Slavery in antiquity Slavery in medieval Europe The Bible and slavery Judaism and slavery Catholic Church and slavery Baptist War References Further reading . Lossing, Benson J., LL.D. Matthew Brady's Illustrated History of the Civil War 1861-65 and the Causes That Led Up To the Great Conflict. Random House. . Lewis, Bernard (1992). Race and Slavery in the Middle East. New York: Oxford University Press. . Nevins, Allan. The Emergence of Lincoln: Prologue to Civil War 1859-1861. ©1950, Charles Scribner's Sons. SBN 684-10416-4. E. Wyn James, 'Welsh Ballads and American Slavery', The Welsh Journal of Religious History, 2 (2007), pp. 59–86. ISSN 0967-3938. External links Does the Bible condone, condemn, or remain neutral on the issue of slavery?, WELS Topical Q&A (Confessional Lutheran perspective) Louis W. Cable - SLAVERY and the BIBLE Christianity and Slavery DeBow's Review (September 1850): "Slavery and the Bible" Passages from the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and from the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) Christianity and slavery on ReligiousTolerance.org Bible "Contradiction" answers, # 30 St. John Crysostom's Homilies on the Epistle to Philemon (Circa 400 C.E.)