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Slaves, lots and lots of slaves, many of whom died. Exactly as you'd imagine something of epic proportions being made in the 19th century.
by emilssolmanis 6y ago
Slaves, lots and lots of slaves, many of whom died. Exactly as you'd imagine something of epic proportions being made in the 19th century.
- Clewza313 6y agoIt was built with corvee labor, which is not quite the same thing: unpaid, yes, but done by farmers etc as a form of taxation in kind.
- arwineap 6y agoTaxation imposed by the state, but I haven't been able to find any citation of a tax code so to speak. It seems like state sponsored slavery, without a trade. That is no persons are being sold because they are simply using citizens Brutal.
- EricE 6y agoOh come now, governments can’t impose slavery - it was just taxation after all /s
- mannerheim 6y agoSlavery doesn't have to do with whether it was paid or not (many slaves have historically been paid as well) but rather the voluntariness of their work.