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Comment by pksebben

15 hours ago

> This is a system stretching over millennia

not quite. 'Slavery' has been around that long. 'Chattel Slavery' started in the 1600s and peaked in the 1800s. So like, half a millenia.

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inglor_cz  6 hours ago

Chattel slavery in the Islamic world definitely predates the 1600s. By a thousand years or so.

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