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All slavery is inexusable, but - in my personal opinion, the worst is when the person enslaved is not viewed as a human being. Even with abolitionists - I just don't see it redeeming American slavery or making it somehow better then the Ottoman's.Slavery wasn't iinstitutionalized in the same way because of the rise of serfdom which was another form of slavery and it was still considered acceptable enslave non-Christians by Christians as it was non-Muslims by Muslims. Unless they converted in both cases. The Ottomans hung on to it longer but they also became very decadent towards the end, like many failing empires. None the less - I still think during much of the 600 years it spanned - a non-muslim was probably better off under the Ottomans then under Christendom. Slavery was only one aspect of a complicated system.
All slavery is inexusable, but - in my personal opinion, the worst is when the person enslaved is not viewed as a human being. Even with abolitionists - I just don't see it redeeming American slavery or making it somehow better then the Ottoman's.
Slavery wasn't iinstitutionalized in the same way because of the rise of serfdom which was another form of slavery and it was still considered acceptable enslave non-Christians by Christians as it was non-Muslims by Muslims. Unless they converted in both cases. The Ottomans hung on to it longer but they also became very decadent towards the end, like many failing empires. None the less - I still think during much of the 600 years it spanned - a non-muslim was probably better off under the Ottomans then under Christendom. Slavery was only one aspect of a complicated system.
