It's clearly a mark for celebration, of course, I support that.
At the same time, it should be reiterated that slaves were not something invented in the US (to blame), or only for an African descendant as it's often presented. It is horrible and gruesome In any way, shape, or form.
The term slave has its origins in the word "slav". The slavs, who inhabited a large part of Eastern Europe, were taken as slaves by the Muslims of Spain during the ninth century AD. Those had quite paler skin tones, thus indicating it was not contingent on melatonin level.
During the raids, the Vikings often captured and enslaved militarily weaker peoples they encountered, but took the most slaves in raids of the British Isles, and Slavs in Eastern Europe. This practice lasted from the 6th through 11th centuries until formally abolished in 1335.
Clearly, those Scandinavians were ahead of the times, shutting it down before it was mainstream. ))
Alas, it didn't last forever.
Over time and in different configurations, it was acceptable practice to use the citizens as "slaves" making the poor earn their keep via poor prisons, at the time there were still slaves in the US, here in Europe common people were often "owned" by the Master or Lord of the farm they worked, etc. (Serfdom: bound to live and work on the farm they were born. depending on region, they had to work it off till they were 40y.o. or buy themself free, like a Freeman.) We are talking about people born and raised in the same country, not bought and sold as slaves, but in very similar conditions. It was shut down in 1788 here, I would lot have liked living in either of those scenarios. I do not expect reparations.
The past times were not at all fun at all times, and should not be measured by our current standards.
Yet we should try to focus on stopping the current slavery globally, and trafficking!
Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery!
That represents an increase of 10 million since a previous estimate five years ago.
(source ILO)
We can't change the past, let's change the present and the future, and pick important topics to debate and solve!
At the same time, it should be reiterated that slaves were not something invented in the US (to blame), or only for an African descendant as it's often presented. It is horrible and gruesome In any way, shape, or form.
The term slave has its origins in the word "slav". The slavs, who inhabited a large part of Eastern Europe, were taken as slaves by the Muslims of Spain during the ninth century AD. Those had quite paler skin tones, thus indicating it was not contingent on melatonin level.
During the raids, the Vikings often captured and enslaved militarily weaker peoples they encountered, but took the most slaves in raids of the British Isles, and Slavs in Eastern Europe. This practice lasted from the 6th through 11th centuries until formally abolished in 1335.
Clearly, those Scandinavians were ahead of the times, shutting it down before it was mainstream. ))
Alas, it didn't last forever.
Over time and in different configurations, it was acceptable practice to use the citizens as "slaves" making the poor earn their keep via poor prisons, at the time there were still slaves in the US, here in Europe common people were often "owned" by the Master or Lord of the farm they worked, etc. (Serfdom: bound to live and work on the farm they were born. depending on region, they had to work it off till they were 40y.o. or buy themself free, like a Freeman.) We are talking about people born and raised in the same country, not bought and sold as slaves, but in very similar conditions. It was shut down in 1788 here, I would lot have liked living in either of those scenarios. I do not expect reparations.
The past times were not at all fun at all times, and should not be measured by our current standards.
Yet we should try to focus on stopping the current slavery globally, and trafficking!
Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery!
That represents an increase of 10 million since a previous estimate five years ago.
(source ILO)
We can't change the past, let's change the present and the future, and pick important topics to debate and solve!