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Medieval and Early Modern European Christianity and Slavery

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

The spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (from the fifth to tenth centuries) marked the boundaries of slavery throughout Europe. Before New World expansion, concepts of race and racial hierarchies did not define who could and could not be enslaved in Western Europe. Instead, the spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages[…]

Slavery in Ancient Rome

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Slavery, for many civilizations throughout human history, has been an inescapable fact. By Harrison Kavanagh Like all of history’s great empires, the existence of the Roman Empire, and all its grandeur and dominance came at a great humanitarian cost. That the city was reportedly founded on the fratricide of Remus by his brother Romulus is[…]