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No, not always. In many cases - on both sides of the conflict - the "enemy" were slaves as well. Many of those who were free were conscripts.
by LyndsySimon 10y ago
No, not always. In many cases - on both sides of the conflict - the "enemy" were slaves as well. Many of those who were free were conscripts.
- sangnoir 10y ago> In many cases - on both sides of the conflict - the "enemy" were slaves as well. Many of those who were free were conscripts. Are you seriously equating conscription with chattel slavery? A chattel slave is the property of his master, his children are automatically his master's property at birth, like livestock. How many newly-born were conscripted, on either side? How many women were conscripted? Were entire families conscripted on the basis of the father's conscription?