1. History of the African American Diaspora
... 2005, 37). Because of this command, Muslims often allowed Christians to make slaves eunuchs before owning them because the procedure was abhorrent to the Islamic society (Gomez 2005, 3). Christians were one of the first religious groups to treat their slaves as inferiors. In areas such as India where Hinduism reigned, slaves were almost equivalent to a citizen status, many being merchants, seafarers, clerics, bodyguards, ... kindled an environment for racism. During this time, empires ruled as the discovery of gold and other precious materials as well as various new innovations occurred...
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