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[quote=Anonymous]*waves hands* I've studied Islamic and specifically Ottoman slavery - the mamluks and such. The professor is right. The Islamic cultures created an enslavement system in which anyone, no matter their racial color or cultural backgrounds (didn't extend freedoms to religion though), could rise through the ranks. If I had to compare it to anything - it'd be the Romans gladiator system, where for a time you can earn your freedom through your prowess in the fighting arena. Except for the Ottomans it was just being really politically saavy.

Anyway, that beats the hell out of the U.S. field vs house slave system where you worked til you died, could never entertain the possibility of earning your freedom, and certainly weren't given the opportunity to accumulate wealth and therefore status and therefore property and therefore a family.

Do some research OP, you might find it enlightening.

Signed.

A person who would never want to be a slave but can recognize the differences in systematic structures[/quote]

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