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> considered subjugated people equal before the law (if they converted) The Mongols and the ancient Persians didn't even make anyone convert. > banned slavery
by triceratops 3y ago
> considered subjugated people equal before the law (if they converted)
The Mongols and the ancient Persians didn't even make anyone convert.
> banned slavery
If you don't count all the colonies...
> imposed slavery ban on other nations
It is a very admirable thing to do, but who else could do it? They had the most powerful militaries in that era.
- golergka 3y ago> If you don't count all the colonies... Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about. > It is a very admirable thing to do, but who else could do it? They had the most powerful militaries in that era. Nobody else even wanted to.
- triceratops 3y ago> Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about. Tell me more about how slavery was outlawed in Haiti - especially during the French Revolution with its "liberté, égalité, fraternité". Tell me about Belgian Congo. Tell me about the close relative of slavery, indentured servitude, in the British Empire.