Muslims: explain the whole slave thing?

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You know I don't exactly know except that I learned in a class I took that he also freed his slaves. The best example I can use right now is Jesus. He also tried to change peoples minds about bad things but he did it slowly and didnt just bring down the hammer on them. The way of changing things for crooks is quickly by using deception and play on peoples petty desires to change them. It usually doesnt last and the people eventually figure out they were duped. Thats why people are always saying salesman in a bad connotation but theyre always falling for them. These tactics are used to change people's minds now or in days.

The way of God is to change peoples minds through persuasion and gently over many years. Thats called suffering and patience for the sake of good. When force is used it is when the time for patience about that issue has been ended and the people who rejected the change are forced to pay the price for ignoring truth. Then force is allowed or change comes in some powerful form. So I get why he used force in some matters but when it came to things like slavery he did it gently.

You can also look at why does God just not end slavery? Depending on the priority of the issue or who would get harmed these things are executed as God deems fit.