HISTORY 21B Chapter 1: History 21B What is Slavery?
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Between 1500 and 1870, some 12. 5 million people torn from their homes in. Many more may have perished without a trace. Peasants bound to work on lord"s land. Right to demand tribute and forced labor from the inidan inhabitants of an. A good deed to set slaves free. Could rise to the height of power. The trans-saharan slave trade was extremely destructive. Castration of eunuchs killed 9/10 boys subjected to it. Other slaves traded in india, bangladesh, sri lanka. After the crusades, the continuing holy war at sea. West african muslims captured and sold into slavery. Slaves in south carolina claiming to be moroccan subjects mid 18th century. First applied to former muslims in spain. Some historians argue enslavement and not simply disease wiped out vast proportions of indigenous people in the americas. Natives forced to do hard labor and subjected to extreme punishment and death if they resisted.
