Muslims: explain the whole slave thing?

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Wa alaiykum salam wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatu

Let us look at Noble Verse 2:177 "It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness to believe in God and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing."

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: "The Prophet said, "Give food to the hungry, pay a visit to the sick and release (set free) the one in captivity (by paying his ransom)." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Food, Meals, Volume 7, Book 65, Number 286)"

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"After awhile I just found so many things I didn't like about Islam, but that's just my opinion."

You seem honest and humble. Very good. But if you dislike many things about Islam, then you will also may dislike everything about everything, isn't that true?

The fact IS, the main message is understood, that la ilaha ill Allah wa Muhammadan Rasoolulah!
Allah s.w.t enjoins the believers to do good and to forbid the wrong. We do not know better than the Creator.

But like I said, you seem already humble and that is good but focus on understanding the most important message of it all and understanding Islam because you will get confused everytime and it won't be good.