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> Usually slaves and masters are of the same race. Not for the last 500 years.
by frandroid 6y ago
> Usually slaves and masters are of the same race.
Not for the last 500 years.
- dijit 6y agoMy friend, I'm sure you mean well, but there are more slaves today than any other time in history, and I can assure you; they are not of one race. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/25/modern-slavery-trafficking-persons-one-in-200 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/25/modern-slavery-...
- jyriand 6y ago"Usually" is not the best word here, I agree. What I meant is that it's "often the case". There are multitude of examples from Middle Ages in Europe(and before that), and Vikings etc. Not only people from Africa were were victims of slave trade.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoIn the last 500 years, too, without any doubt. There were 21 million white slaves in Russia, emancipated only in 1861. USA and Brazil had ~4,5+2 million black slaves, combined.