HISTORY 2HH3 Lecture 7: Slavery Part I
8 Nov 2020
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Chart including dates, location, description of the captive, price, and reference (where archive was located) Think about slavery as a practice and experience of the human condition. Slaves could come from any region around the mediterranean and sometimes beyond. Who you were depended on your worth: under captive column = bishop (high-ranking official) were worth 2000 dinar (islamic coin); a jewish woman would only be worth 24 dinar. Status mattered: high-ranking bishop mattered more than the three captives of men who were only worth 100 dinar. Anyone could be a captive regardless of their faith. Legal contexts (roman law, canon law, islamic law) Experience of slavery: two developments in the early modern period: Number of enslaved persons in the mediterranean during this period was striking: 1450-1850 3 million christians, muslims, and jews were enslaved. Slavery was a legal institution across all faiths, ages, and regions. Some more vulnerable to the institution of slavery than others.
