In addition to agriculture and harems, many slaves were placed in armies by the Slavs, Berbers, Turks, as well as other Africans. Army units were often separated based on ethnic origin and background ex. "Mamlukes, a servile army that eventually seized power in Egypt and Syria form 1250 to 1517, were mostly from the Black Sea region, " (Gomez 2005, 39). All of these slaves were a result of prisoners of war ( he slave was battle captive), payments of debts, and punishments for crimes. During the pre-Transatlantic Slave Trade, children of slaves did not automatically become slaves themselves. .
The treatment of slaves varied across religions. For example, according to the Islamic book, Qur'an, "Muslims were to treat slaves with dignity and kindness " (Gomez 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, and even bureaucrats. Similarly, most Africans treated their slaves like humans with rights; for example, it was common for owners and slaves to eat dinner together. Overall, a majority of the world pre-transatlantic slave trade treated slaves not without some form of respect.
There were many factors that caused varying degrees of treatments for slaves. Before the trans-Atlantic slave trade, no race was considered superior to others. As mentioned, the Qur'an greatly influenced the positive treatment of slaves.1 The Qur'an designated that there were different colors and early Muslims saw color as merely a fact with no negative or positive connotation or superiority and inferiority complex (Gomez 2005, 45). For example, Bedouins were considered brown or olive, Arabs described themselves as black, and Persians as red or white (Gomez 2005, 45).
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Holt, contends that to completely understand the history of Africans in the Americas, it is imperative to take a global approach not only to comprehend the overall black experience but also to realize its significance in shaping the history of the modern world. ... Holt builds upon, augments, and rethinks the works of Frank Tannenbaum and Stanley Elkins, key intellectuals of the African diaspora who greatly influenced much of the thought processes concerning the black experience. ... Holt challenges its interpretation in order to solidify the academic processes needed to methodically inves...
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American society today is over run with historical paradigms of women who have moved from being the homemakers and caregivers of children, to being the commanders and chiefs of different associations. Adjacent to the most powerful distinguished women of the world such as, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamner, and Rosa Parks, thousand of African American women have confronted sexism and other forms of oppression to give a real voice to the directorial power of women. Throughout history, black women have always participated in political activism, varying from private to public domains. ... Whil...
