Re: What does Islam say about slavery?
I don't reject it but they need to be corroborated and compared. Hadeeth are by their nature 'anecdotal' and don't give us any overview of what was happening in society as a whole in this very early Muslim period.
Slavery was accepted as a social norm in most of the world at that time. Freeing of slaves and absorption of slaves into families was typical of slave cultures everywhere. 'Manumission' is itself a Roman word.
The famous Spartacus slave revolt is fascinating because, having obtained their freedom and fought their way to northern Italy and escape, what did they do? They turned back to Rome. They could not bring themselves to abandon the Roman way of life.
Originally posted by bhshawon
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The famous Spartacus slave revolt is fascinating because, having obtained their freedom and fought their way to northern Italy and escape, what did they do? They turned back to Rome. They could not bring themselves to abandon the Roman way of life.
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