Aszhrae -> RE: slavery (1/11/2009 1:24:36 PM)
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If I can remember something I read a while ago. A lot of freed slaves also took the name of those that they labored for. They were, for some, allowed to have families of their own while being a plantation slave. I find where slavery is concerned, much like the news reports of today, strife gains more attention than something fuzzy. To report or write about the abuse sells more books. Finding books written during that time are a rarity. Probably a few books that were actually written by a freed slave's hand of their experience. Such books would definitely be more rare. When I studied Latin in high school. Roman slaves were treated rather well. Prisoners of war, criminals and slaves that did steal from their masters were sent in chains to the coliseum. Same was said of the Roman occupation of Brittania. There are other forms as well: Egyptian, Arabia, Norse. Tribes in Africa would raid each other, not only for women and resources, but slaves as well. Everywhere around the world there were other examples of slavery. What surprises me about D/s or M/s, is how most are stuck in the slavery that existed in the US. Such things as the treatment of thralls (new word), the use of canes, rope bondage and confinement were used with POWs . Small cages, rack and stocks, were popular treatment of slaves and criminals in Europe. Flogging and being hung from the yardarm, were means to discipline sailors for being insubordinate -- planning a mutiny and getting caught, usually resulted in getting keelhauled or simply tossed overboard. I would just like to know why other forms of in-thrallment are not used within the lifestyle. Why must the lifestyle be stuck in using the Confederate model?
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