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Human worth was literally commoditized and humans were bought and sold until the late 1800’s and legally segregated until the mid 1960’s
by scarface_74 1y ago
Human worth was literally commoditized and humans were bought and sold until the late 1800’s and legally segregated until the mid 1960’s
- bobxmax 1y agoIndustrial-scale slavery is a post-agricultural phenomenon and represents a very small percentage of overall human development. Even such slavery, modern western/catholic chattel-style slavery aside, wasn't entirely transactional in that way. Many Ottoman slaves had better lives than aristocrats, for instance, and had real agency and influence. Western European/American/Catholic imperialist slavery was somewhat unique in how dehumanizing it was.
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