Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-37790263-20181211231405/@comment-2043993-20181212070922

Sorry for being the "Umm actually"-guy, but: it was a ghetto, since it fits 3 out of 4 definitions on Wiktionary:[]

1. An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race. (An area which the Uchiha (a very small ethnic group) predominantly occupied. While it says "often", tt doesn't need to be impoverished)

2. An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated. (the uchiha clan isn't just united by ancestry, but also mentality (quite sensitive chaps) and shared culture (like their Senbei (cooking), clothing or religion (the Naka Shrine is the home of their patron deity)))

3. (figuratively, sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest. (the Uchiha clan district fits this to a ten)

And by sheer technicality the Hyuga did practice a form of slavery, although the main house didn't own the branch members, they did subjugate them through use of a seal, which fits one definition of slavery (again from wiktionary): (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs. (here the condition is the seal)

while the seals' main purpose is to keep the Byakugan safe, it's secondary purpose is to control the Branch members, as it says on the seals' page on this wiki[]

but on to the matter at hand: the Uchiha got a pretty raw deal and there was little justice in their relocation or the alienation they faced from the get got, it was pure paranoia on a lot of villagers' part (including the leadership (Tobirama)).

ULtimately however, they weren't pushed into rebelling, they made that choice themselves (at least until a retcon emerges that Danzo or Obito manipulated them), although they most likely felt that way, as do some fans I'd wager.

But yes, it was only after 60+ years of loyal servitude through heavy adversity (for the most part at least, some members, like Setsuna, did conspire against the village, but again because of the persecution by the other villagers and that has to be compared to all the unnamed clan members that served loyally) that the persecution became so harsh, that the Uchiha felt the need for rebellion.