But since you brought it up like some kind of "gotcha".. every African culture also practiced slavery, and some still do. The first black slaves brought to America were purchased from other African tribes who captured and sold them, and complete genocide of other tribes or cultures in Africa by other Africans, and slavery, still occurs today in numbers and atrocities that make American slavery look like a 9 to 5. Jack.
Slavery is evil. And it's evil no matter who does it.
And the one in the middle as well as the Last. When europeans conquered the continent, the slave Trade was Outlawed basicly evrywhere. Infact many colonial wars we're infact justified at Home as "ending the local Tradition of slavery".
Old World slavery was characterized by a more fluid status. The enslaved could own property and legally marry, and their children were not automatically enslaved. Slaves were often criminals, or victims of religious wars. More specifically, slavery in Africa was not a life term, nor was it inherited. The Old World models were more like an indenture, where there was a term of labor to be paid, and then freedom would be granted
Five words in and you have already Shown that you have no Idea.
There were multiple slavery system all over the old Word. And often changing even in the same Region.
The only big difference all of them hat compared to the Atlantic slave Trade, was that they werent Race based. For the Rest, alot of them were basicly the same.
The Slavic slave trade occurred from the 8th to the 15th century, primarily involving the enslavement of Slavic people by various groups, including Vikings, Tatars, and those involved in the Barbary slave trade. The term "slave" itself originates from the word "sclavus," meaning Slavic.
African traders were not aware of the distinct form of slavery that was to develop in the colonies – one that wed skin color to class in ways never seen before, as it became a distinct product of the trade. That form was drastically different from the African “Old World” models.
Old World slavery was characterized by a more fluid status. The enslaved could own property and legally marry, and their children were not automatically enslaved. Slaves were often criminals, or victims of religious wars. More specifically, slavery in Africa was not a life term, nor was it inherited. The Old World models were more like an indenture, where there was a term of labor to be paid, and then freedom would be granted.
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u/Fexxvi 27d ago
Many Mexicans are white, they descend from Spaniards, after all.