11 Facts About Slaves

1.

Slaves have been owned privately by individuals but have been under state ownership.

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2.

Slaves further stated that slaves would be better able to gain their freedom under centralized government, or a central authority like a king or church.

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3.

Slaves that made it to Haiti from the trans-Atlantic journey and slaves born in Haiti were first documented in Haiti's archives and transferred to France's Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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4.

Slaves faced heavy discrimination and had no opportunity for advancement, though they were educated by their masters.

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5.

Slaves were allowed to earn money during their spare time by working as shoemakers, cleaning clothes, or selling the produce they grew on their own plots of land.

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6.

Slaves were punished by whipping, shackling, hanging, beating, burning, mutilation, branding and imprisonment.

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7.

Slaves felt that a multiracial society without slavery was untenable, as he believed that prejudice against black people increased as they were granted more rights.

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8.

Slaves'storians pointed out that at the same time Hideyoshi expressed his indignation and outrage at the Portuguese trade in Japanese slaves, he was engaging in a mass slave trade of Korean prisoners of war in Japan.

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9.

Slaves had a recognised social role in traditional Maori society in New Zealand.

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10.

Slaves were provided by Tatar raids on Slavic villages but by conquest and the suppression of rebellions, in the aftermath of which entire populations were sometimes enslaved and sold across the Empire, reducing the risk of future rebellion.

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11.

Slaves'storians agree that films have largely shaped historical memories, but they debate issues of accuracy, plausibility, moralism, sensationalism, how facts are stretched in search of broader truths, and suitability for the classroom.

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