> slavery By slave, I mean ‘Slavonic (*captive*)’, there shouldn't be a taboo necessary with that word. > Saqaliba refers to the Slavic mercenaries and slaves

> slavery By slave, I mean ‘Slavonic (*captive*)’, there shouldn't be a taboo necessary with that word. > Saqaliba refers to the Slavic mercenaries and slaves in the medieval Arab world in North Africa, Sicily and Al-Andalus. Edit: therefore I mean, are embedded engineers captive [0] of progress? (It's not an interesting question, sorry) [0] Because of compensations, local law (?), societial pressure