The white slave trade played a key role in ending
the Dark Ages—this seemingly unending downward spiral that followed the
collapse of the Roman Empire. By the 8th century, the elites of Western Europe
had run out of gold and possessed very little else that could be traded for
luxury Oriental goods. It was at that point in time that the possibility arose
of selling fellow Europeans into slavery, particularly Slavs from the lands
between the Elbe and the Volga.
Yet this historical episode is relatively unknown.
One reason was its semi-illegality. Involuntary servitude wasn’t unlawful in
itself. In fact, most Europeans were bound by long-term ties of submission,
like the serfs who farmed the land. This was an accepted part of life.
Enslavement was even seen as a humane way of dealing with criminals, prisoners
of war, and other people who would otherwise be killed. But this particular form of enslavement meant more
than just inferior status.
Some of its aspects contravened both secular law and
Christian morality, notably castration, the breaking up of families, and the
abandonment of individuals who were too old or too young. There was also the
exporting of fellow Europeans to the Muslim world and the prohibition against
letting them learn about the Christian faith. It was for this reason that the
existing term for involuntary servitude—servus—was
felt to be inappropriate. The ethnonym ‘Slav’ thus came to mean a particularly
degraded kind of servant—a slave.
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Good stuff to know. Race hustlers (we know who they are) want to make you believe blacks were the only peoples enslaved. Another reason to diskile moose-lums
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The extremist Muslim wants to kill us all. The moderate Muslim wants the extremist Muslims to kill us all.
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