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One thing that is striking in the academic literature on medieval slave purchasing manuals (mostly from the Arab slave trade), e.g. https://sci-hub.se/10.1163/2405836X-00402004
emphasizes the importance of humiliating the slave at the point of sale.
In other words, the humiliation - which might at first glance look gratuitous - served an important purpose, mostly to reinforce slave mentality and to “instill an attitude of subservience towards the new owner.”
What do you think about this?
emphasizes the importance of humiliating the slave at the point of sale.
In other words, the humiliation - which might at first glance look gratuitous - served an important purpose, mostly to reinforce slave mentality and to “instill an attitude of subservience towards the new owner.”
What do you think about this?