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Yes but at least they were not poor and had better life than that and some could buy their way out of slavery...
Considering that purchasing their way out of slavery was an extremely high priority for most slaves, even when it left them impoverished, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it was not a better life than being poor.
Maybe they were just bad at prioritizing?
Too much avocado toast.