Saturday, February 21, 2009
Slavery
In class we compared slavery in the Ottoman Empire to slavery in the United States during the colonial era. I believe its fair to say that the conditons of slavery were very different. Slaves in the Ottoman Era were not treated brudally like what we know about the slaves in the colonies. In that sense I feel the Janissary slaves were a bit better off.
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Yeah there definately was not that brutal aspect within the Ottoman Slave System as there was in the American version. The similarities are there and it would not surprise me however in many of the unmentionalables that we have learned of in the American system, didnt also exist in the Ottoman Empire and have just been lost in the annals of history. Their culture is far more based on oral tradition than in the modern record keeping that the Americans were accustomed to during that time period.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed during this discussion. I dont think it is possible to compare slavery in these two cultures. The way slaves of the Ottoman empire and the slaves during the early part of US history are completely different.
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