What is the difference between a slave and a peasant?

Slaves, for the most part, are a completely powerless social class. If a slave was a slave to a person, he considered himself a master. The slave had no chance of having any rights and freedoms.

Unlike a slave, peasants could often have their own allotment of land, and even in some historical periods had the opportunity to become free if the laws of the state in which they lived facilitated this.