Freedom
What three results does Athens experience during its transition to a slave economy?
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First, society is transformed by the upper class using their wealth to import slaves and control society. The majority of the population did not hold slaves. Second, small landholders, even though they hire slave workers, resent the foreign intrusion and the changes in society. Third, a social consciousness regarding freedom develops as a social conflict arises between the slaveholders and the small farmers.
Freedom