Even 150 years after the abolition of slavery, it is still a burning question today as to its lasting effects on race relations and social hierarchy. While no sane, intelligent person would claim that the mass enslavement of Africans, Native Americans, or other nationalities and races was a good thing, simply because of human rights violations and the philosophical invention of racism, recent philosophers like Robert Nozick I am able to ask a different question with a similar moral implication: Should someone be able to legally sell themselves into slavery without coercion? Although many philosophers disagree with Nozick's statement about slave contracts, if principles of self-ownership are applied, it is evident that slave contracts without coercion are justified in a free society. The philosophies that best illustrate this moral idea are Robert Nozick's theory of libertarianism and Fredrick Douglass's theory of forced slavery; and is best denied by John Stuart Mill's theory of utilitarianism and John Locke's theory of classical libertarianism. Robert Nozick's theory of libertarianism specifically states unforced slave contracts, however Nozick best describes his reasoning in his work Anarchy State and Utopia, arguing that “Our main conclusions about the State are that a minimal State, limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on, is justified, but any larger state will violate people's rights, not be forced to do certain things, and is unjustified.” When this quote is analyzed, it shows support for non-forced slave contracts. First, because the state described in this Nozick quote exists only to ensure that people follow what... middle of paper... is unlikely as dictated by historical examples, and we should use philosophy that is relevant to our society, rather than a philosophy that would describe a socialist society. In conclusion, Nozick's theories of voluntary slavery should be allowed in a free society, as long as both parties agree. The philosophy of John Stuart Mill may be able to completely overshadow Nozick in the distant future, after humanity has progressed towards a socialist state. However, to date, Nozick has the most relevant philosophy on slave contracts and voluntary slavery. Nozick would never support coercion or enslavement of someone without their consent, which makes it different from the slavery experienced in America; however, a society that values ​​self-ownership dictates that anyone can do with themselves whatever they choose, including selling themselves into slavery..